Another lovely day for a drive, and this time I went in search of the Grand Union Canal…
Perfect place to sit under the shade of an umbrella and have lunch…
…and watch the world float by…
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On my way back from the Milton Keynes Museum, I discovered Bradwell Abbey. "Bradwell Abbey is the site and remains of a medieval Benedictine Priory and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (no.19062). Nationally it is significant because it contains the greater part of the medieval precinct of a priory, a…
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Another of the places I have wanted to see for such a long time - the room full of horseshoes at Oakham Castle, collected over 500 years. According to custom, whenever a peer of the realm visits Oakham for the first time, they must present a horseshoe to the lord…