You have reminded me that I want to revisit Stokesay. I called in there a few years ago en route from SE to NE Wales, but didn't have time to do the castle and just looked in the church.
I love that place. Last time I was there, the vicar asked if I wouldn't mind reading the responses at Evensong, as no one else was there. He didn't object to a heathen clerk, so I obliged. Lovely words, lovely setting.
In the happenstance way of these things, I just came across the fact that Stokesay was the setting used by Kevin Crossley-Holland as inspiration for his excellent Arthur trilogy. Now I must certainly visit!
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Date: 2011-06-06 11:17 am (UTC)And I love that the Gatehouse appears to be the least fortified part of the castle.
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Date: 2011-06-06 01:53 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-06-07 08:45 am (UTC)It was a first visit for me. I don't know why this isn't one of the most famous sites in Britain. It's certainly one of the most picturesque.
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Date: 2011-06-06 04:25 pm (UTC)Jenny x
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Date: 2011-06-07 08:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-06 06:28 pm (UTC)"Lighten our darkness..."
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Date: 2011-06-07 08:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-07 08:26 pm (UTC)And look at all that sunshine! Are we in the same country???
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