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James Tucker in Cov: 02.06
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James Tucker in Cov. As for the rest of Digbeth, there is little in the way of retail business outside of a couple pubs (one dating from 1368) and clubs, but here and there are some interesting proto-hippy sort of cafes and whatnot scattered through the area. It doesn't look likely to explode into the next exciting place, but clearly people are trying. And what's there doesn't look likely to go away. Posted by Jameso @ 8:15 PM. The Gas Street Basin (right). Posted by Jameso @ 5:55 PM. Short hop to Oxford.
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James Tucker in Cov: Solothurn Fountains
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James Tucker in Cov. Solothurn has a thing about the number 11. The local beer has a large 11 on the label, there are 11 churches, 11 bells in the cathedral, and landings every 11 steps on the stairs. There are also 11 fountains scattered through the small city's squares, each depicting a saint or figure from the local mythology. Posted by Jameso @ 1:36 PM. Comments: Post a Comment. London, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. The Battle of Ontario. The Battle of Alberta.
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James Tucker in Cov: Elephants!
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James Tucker in Cov. The Elephant and Castle is the symbol of Coventry, though I've never really found a convincing explanation as to why. Apparently they represent, apart and together, strength and patience; for a symbol so ubiquitous (it's on lamp-posts, bollards, and anything run by the Council), it's a little non-specific. The motto camera principis. These two are much more recent efforts, and thus 'better' in that they look like elephants, if I may be snobbish about 16th century anatomy.
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James Tucker in Cov: Antwerp
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James Tucker in Cov. The last of the big Flemish cities we visited, we did as a day-trip last summer. The weather was pretty back-and-forth, but we saw the centre of the city without too much rain. Like the other cities we visited in northern Belgium, Antwerp had a spectacular central square, with guild-houses like those in Brussels. In front of their town hall was a statue of the mythical founder throwing the severed hand of a giant. A fountain of water spurts from the wrist. And which have survived pre...
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James Tucker in Cov: 01.07
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James Tucker in Cov. Bruges is one of those 'must-see' places in the northern, Dutch-speaking, part of Belgium (Ghent's probably the other one). Laura and I went on Boxing day, which is a pretty ordinary day there (though, to be fair,. The train was really quite busy, and we stood most of the way). It was a cold and foggy day, which actually worked pretty well there with the medieval feel to the place. Posted by Jameso @ 7:50 PM. I spent Christmas in Brussels this year. They light up the town square ...
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James Tucker in Cov: 10.06
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James Tucker in Cov. The other week (I have been having computer troubles) I went to Kingston (site of my undergrad years) on my way to Ottawa, as part of the Great Passport Adventure Of Last Week. I was graciously put up by Jenna and Absent Kevin, and re-aquainted with the Toucan and poutine within hours of arrival. For all that I've spent the last year in the UK, I'd put the basement of the Toucan in Kingston as one of my favourite pubs ever, still. Oh, and I saw a snake. Posted by Jameso @ 4:04 AM.
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James Tucker in Cov: 04.06
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James Tucker in Cov. Wasn't the moor I expected it to be, but more a moonscape of rocks and peat. The way down went through a series of river valleys and ended at a. Resevoir we'd been able to see from the top- well, kinda. In the picture at left, we walked all the way across the top, and down and around the left side. The rocky bit there is a waterfall I've shown panoramically below. We still had to walk into town, which was a nice little place called Hayfield. With a pub. Posted by Jameso @ 10:54 PM.
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James Tucker in Cov: 12.06
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James Tucker in Cov. Posted by Jameso @ 9:49 PM. London, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. The Battle of Ontario. The Battle of Alberta.
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James Tucker in Cov: Castle to Castle
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James Tucker in Cov. Obviously seen better days (it was 'reduced' during the Civil War), but was one of the biggest, and hosted all sorts of Kings and Queens in its history. The picture above doesn't really do it justice for sheer size until you realise that the wall around the base is 12 to 15 feet high. Warwick, we were reminded that this was the Mop Fair weekend. This started as an employment fair for domestic help, apparently, and is now just a big carnival. Posted by Jameso @ 11:32 AM.
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James Tucker in Cov: Edinburgh
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James Tucker in Cov. After our trip to St Andrew's, Laura and I went to Edinburgh, my second trip there in a year- I saw in the New Year with Tyler on the edges of a wind-blown Castle Street. This time the weather was much nicer, a crisp sort of autumn day that was still a little too early in the year to be that cool. Own brand of whisky, and his face on all of the signs explaining the whole custom. We left the castle with enough time for Laura to be terrified on Prince's Street when the gun went off.
