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European Adventure 2017
What a wonderful week weather wise we are having. Remind me not to give the English stick over the weather again!! I am writing this sitting in the van at the back of the Victory Pub at Mersea. It is one of those Brit stops and we pulled in here after a day of history around Sutton Hoo.
This was an interesting place to stop. Initially we all thought it may be rather boring but in actual fact it was extremely interesting. This is where in 1939 an archaeological dig uncovered the remains of an Anglo Saxon ship buried under a huge mound with the body and treasure of what is presumed to be the King of that time some 1800 years ago. Geoff wasn't very well as he had developed a nasty cold and cough the day before and so he went for sleep while the rest of us wandered around the area for some time catching a glimpse of how small a dot in the scale of things we present day folk are. It was fascinating to see how many tools and things they made and the way they lived.
Earlier in the morning after we had left our paddock in the middle of nowhere we drove to the seaside and parked in a large carpark at the Southwold beach which had three spaces especially for motorhomes!!!! No fear of the man in the brown trousers getting us here! We spent some time wandering the beach and looking at the little coloured beachside huts which you can hire or own. In this area these little huts are worth a fortune and one recently changed hands for 48,000 GBP!! They are about 2m wide and 1.5m deep and have a bench, cupboards and maybe a couple of seats in them. Quite dinky!
The cliffs in the area are between 7-800,000 years old and have revealed several fossils over the years such as sabre tooth cats, rhinoceros, and a hippo. Further up the coast again a mammoth was found.
We are about to head off again soon so will continue with the next adventure later.
This was an interesting place to stop. Initially we all thought it may be rather boring but in actual fact it was extremely interesting. This is where in 1939 an archaeological dig uncovered the remains of an Anglo Saxon ship buried under a huge mound with the body and treasure of what is presumed to be the King of that time some 1800 years ago. Geoff wasn't very well as he had developed a nasty cold and cough the day before and so he went for sleep while the rest of us wandered around the area for some time catching a glimpse of how small a dot in the scale of things we present day folk are. It was fascinating to see how many tools and things they made and the way they lived.
Earlier in the morning after we had left our paddock in the middle of nowhere we drove to the seaside and parked in a large carpark at the Southwold beach which had three spaces especially for motorhomes!!!! No fear of the man in the brown trousers getting us here! We spent some time wandering the beach and looking at the little coloured beachside huts which you can hire or own. In this area these little huts are worth a fortune and one recently changed hands for 48,000 GBP!! They are about 2m wide and 1.5m deep and have a bench, cupboards and maybe a couple of seats in them. Quite dinky!
The cliffs in the area are between 7-800,000 years old and have revealed several fossils over the years such as sabre tooth cats, rhinoceros, and a hippo. Further up the coast again a mammoth was found.
We are about to head off again soon so will continue with the next adventure later.
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mum My word you are finding some interesting places. Looking at the beach chalets I could smell the primus boiling ready for making tea. My rellies in Brighton owned one and wekept our buckets and spades and shrimp nets in it when we went on holiday there. Super pictures.