tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post4121803510797277621..comments2024-03-28T16:31:54.494-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Vox HiberionacumBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-32216436576879187782011-03-18T09:05:50.094-04:002011-03-18T09:05:50.094-04:00I very much enjoyed this Ted - thanks!
cheers, eri...I very much enjoyed this Ted - thanks!<br />cheers, erichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-35636850349314840852011-03-17T16:45:56.635-04:002011-03-17T16:45:56.635-04:00Crown Armorer, we went by train from London to Edi...Crown Armorer, we went by train from London to Edinburgh some years ago, and the view of Lindisfarne island in the afternoon sunlight, lit by a break in the clouds is unbelievably striking.<br /><br />I never got back there, which is unfortunate. I also never got to Durham, which I'm told is a real gem.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-91517095343447649912011-03-17T16:11:59.044-04:002011-03-17T16:11:59.044-04:00While Paddy is reveared, there is the small matter...While Paddy is reveared, there is the small matter of St Decclan, pre Patrician bishop of Munster, based at Ardmore, on the south coast.<br /><br />There is a particularly good 10th century round tower on the site of his church, though it is no where near as impressive as Durham Cathedral :-)Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-43918563903913541232011-03-17T13:11:28.697-04:002011-03-17T13:11:28.697-04:00Although the monks of Lindisfarne whose monastery ...Although the monks of Lindisfarne whose monastery had been founded by Irish monks by the way had their monastery destroyed a lot of the monks survived.<br />They wandered around for a while and eventually founded a new monastery at Durham at an ideal defensive site.<br />Here at the magnificent Romanesque cathedral you can see the grave of the venerable Bede. The first English historian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com