England

Even though I was born just yards from here, I’ve never visited the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs till this trip; they are fascinating 150+ year old sculptures not very accurate by todays science understanding, and rather dilapidated now, though a “friends of” group is trying to maintain and renovate them. At least I’ve finally seen them …

That final view is one of the TV towers at Crystal Palace (I remember being told that we didn’t need a TV antenna when we lived here, because it was so close …)

UPDATE: There’s a recent Smithsonian Magazine article about the dinosaurs, that includes a link to this YouTube video (NOT created by me):

With Margaret’s sister Kate and brother Mark, we spent some time at this north Norfolk seaside town, staying right above a fish-and-chip shop and with nice views over the harbor. We walked out (a surprisingly long way) to the beach with colorful beach huts, and we took a harbor boat trip … we did also of course eat fish and chips!

The tide is huge here, perhaps 10ft from low to high – the horse sculpture is half drowned at high tide, and high above water at low tide!

We also took a “tiny train” ride to Walsingham (and back), another “olde worlde” English village, where we had lovely lunch too!

On our way to Wells-Next-The-Sea, we stopped for lunch and visited the ancient Castle Rising, very impressive!