Photo Essay: A Walk in Wiltshire
You know the area where you live like the back of your hand. After all, you see it everyday as you head to work or nip to the shops. But do you? Do you really see it?
Read MoreA Lost Palace and Llamas
No, I’m not in Peru yet, I found both the ruins of a palace and llamas right here in Wiltshire, England!
I have something of an obsession with medieval history. Particularly the 12th and 13th centuries, the time of troubadours, crusades and courtly love. I had found out that somewhere, not far from my house in rural Wiltshire, there were the remains of the once-great Clarendon Palace. Built by William the Conqueror, it became an important residence of English Kings. Now, it appears as only a footnote in history (a stub on wikipedia!) and it is largely forgotten; just a few bits of stone somewhere in the English countryside.
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