Thursday, October 18, 2007
Couple of things of interest from UK/Ireland.
Here are some better pictures of York Minster, and a couple of other items of interest.
The site has been occupied for 2000 years, the first church was wooden and built in 625, followed by a stone church that was wrecked by William the Conqueror in 1069. The Normans built a cathedral between 1080 and 1110 and the present building was basically built around it from 1220 with work going on for 250 years. You can visit an excavated part just inside the entrance and see where they have stiffened the foundations to hold the 16,000 tons weight of the tower. In there you can see the layers of occupation down to Norman and Viking times. The top layer has a crushed Coke can to identify it.
Geertje took us to the Wisley Gardens in Surrey, where they put a lot of effort into growing plants that are weeds in NZ. They had some nice sculptures, here are a couple.
To stop the locals kicking up over their version of resource consents, Ireland sets up its wind-power offshore.
The site has been occupied for 2000 years, the first church was wooden and built in 625, followed by a stone church that was wrecked by William the Conqueror in 1069. The Normans built a cathedral between 1080 and 1110 and the present building was basically built around it from 1220 with work going on for 250 years. You can visit an excavated part just inside the entrance and see where they have stiffened the foundations to hold the 16,000 tons weight of the tower. In there you can see the layers of occupation down to Norman and Viking times. The top layer has a crushed Coke can to identify it.
Geertje took us to the Wisley Gardens in Surrey, where they put a lot of effort into growing plants that are weeds in NZ. They had some nice sculptures, here are a couple.
To stop the locals kicking up over their version of resource consents, Ireland sets up its wind-power offshore.
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