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"National trust. I don’t like their politics though " I don’t like the way Birling Gap has been wrecked by them. | |||
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"I've been to visit ham house of the national trust And with English heritage my favourite was Rochester castle. I also went to see St Augustine Abbey in Canterbury and Jewry walk. Both were very beautiful Sure there's many more beautiful places yet to see " Rochester Castle was besieged by King John and because it had square towers his men were able to undermine it, put in brushwood under the foundations, send in pigs on fire to burn the wood and boom! the tower collapsed. They rebuilt it circular. | |||
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"I've been to visit ham house of the national trust And with English heritage my favourite was Rochester castle. I also went to see St Augustine Abbey in Canterbury and Jewry walk. Both were very beautiful Sure there's many more beautiful places yet to see Rochester Castle was besieged by King John and because it had square towers his men were able to undermine it, put in brushwood under the foundations, send in pigs on fire to burn the wood and boom! the tower collapsed. They rebuilt it circular. " Ah I remember seeing that at the roof of the castle but missed the fact that it went from square to circular. Certainly was fascinating. I liked the cathedral next to it as well | |||
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"Dunstanburgh Castle in North Northumberland it was backyard when I was a kid and holds some very special memories for me " been there! If I remember rightly, you have to walk near a golf course to get there and its a long way from the car park. | |||
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"I like heritage buildings and have a bit of a passion for them." what’s a good one near you? | |||
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"Dunstanburgh Castle in North Northumberland it was backyard when I was a kid and holds some very special memories for me been there! If I remember rightly, you have to walk near a golf course to get there and its a long way from the car park. " That’s the one mate it’s a beautiful walk along the dunes from the golf course or you can walk from Craster and pop into the pub on the way back 😁 | |||
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"Dunstanburgh Castle in North Northumberland it was backyard when I was a kid and holds some very special memories for me been there! If I remember rightly, you have to walk near a golf course to get there and its a long way from the car park. That’s the one mate it’s a beautiful walk along the dunes from the golf course or you can walk from Craster and pop into the pub on the way back 😁 " Yeah well, I didn’t realise it was close the other way  good castle though. Dunno why they built it there. | |||
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"Two Abbeys in Yorkshire I particularly like, Rievaulx (English Heritage) and Fountains (National Trust)" yep, been there. Some of ‘The History Boys’ was filmed at Fountains. | |||
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"I’m in both the National Trust and English Heritage and like going to visit the historic sites and buildings. Who else is in them? Which is your favourite? " i went to see WASHINGTON OLD HALL as its just near me,,, all the links to GEORGE WASHINGTON,, and what a dump,,, the building is crap gardens are ok,,, but not worth a wasted afternoon  | |||
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"I go for the flapjacks mainly." The tearooms are generally pretty nice. | |||
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"Used to do Medieval shows at various EH sites around the country. Was pretty cool to 'authenti-camp' at these sites for the weekend." Did anyone go to the medieval event at Bodiam Castle in Sussex in the summer? Where a real event occurred? Spoiler alert - I was there and a poor sod got a sword in his eye and head. | |||
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"I like their politics. Critically reframing what would have once been acceptable attitudes for a more enlightened modern audience, what's wrong with that? Also, without these organisations we'd have very little of our proud British heritage left. My Mrs also has an absolute favourite woolly blanket from a NT gift shop. " Knitted by child laborers in a Guangdong sweatshop ... Won't be wool either. It'll be pubic hair, forcibly removed from Tibetan Buddhists. Shame on the NT for profiting off the miseries of others! Won't go into details here, but their fudge is well dodgy too. | |||
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"Used to do Medieval shows at various EH sites around the country. Was pretty cool to 'authenti-camp' at these sites for the weekend. Did anyone go to the medieval event at Bodiam Castle in Sussex in the summer? Where a real event occurred? Spoiler alert - I was there and a poor sod got a sword in his eye and head. " I'll ask around, I'm not sure who was running that event. I've had a few injuries over the years, broken ribs & badly sprained ankles plus a concussion. Tends to happen when people are fighting with pole-arms! | |||
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"Dunstanburgh Castle in North Northumberland it was backyard when I was a kid and holds some very special memories for me been there! If I remember rightly, you have to walk near a golf course to get there and its a long way from the car park. That’s the one mate it’s a beautiful walk along the dunes from the golf course or you can walk from Craster and pop into the pub on the way back 😁 Yeah well, I didn’t realise it was close the other way good castle though. Dunno why they built it there. "😁 I know who builds a castle in a cliff top with 360” views 🤷🏻 I often go there and climb the tower to watch the sunset it’s one of my favourite places to go and think about life 😊 | |||
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"Two Abbeys in Yorkshire I particularly like, Rievaulx (English Heritage) and Fountains (National Trust) yep, been there. Some of ‘The History Boys’ was filmed at Fountains. " St Fountains Abbey earlier this month - absolutely breathtaking. | |||
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"National Trust member for over 20 years , but don’t like how PC they are getting. Don’t see any need to be “outing” previous occupants of the houses etc . Castle Drogo, Colyton Fishacre and Lanhydock are among my favourites…" I concur with that. NT seem to have gone a bit woke which is annoying and unnecessary. Visited the three you mentioned above. Lanhydrock probably a dozen times. Plus several others in the West country as well as Herefordshire, Shropshire, Cumbria and East Anglia. | |||
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