Today we went out to visit some of the places we had listed on our itinerary for this week.
Our first jaunt was to remnants of Stafford castle. This is a monument that I had often seen whilst travelling up and down the M6 over the years and had often thought of visiting but had never got round to actually doing it. So Kay and I took Animal and Blod (our mascots) with us so that we could take some photos of them and add them to our face book page.
From the castles Motte the views over the town of Stafford and the surrounding countryside is fantastic, even though the sun was out, the wind up there was bitterly cold and sadly the castle was also closed. Being on the top of the highest point for miles around and feeling the coldness get to our bones we soon beat a hasty retreat back to the car.
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| Stafford Castle |
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| The Motte |
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| Animal & Blod |
We then drove through Stafford onto the A513 and headed out towards Rugeley passing Shugbourough hall and the Cannock Chase and on to our next stop, the National Arboretum. The National Arboretum is a newly built edifice that was constructed to commemorate the sacrifice given by the men and women from the armed forces for their country.
We both wanted to visit this centre so that we could pay our respects to members of both our old regiments who have died in service. Kay’s was the Woman’s Royal Army Corps and mine The 16th/5th The Queens Royal Lancers. Both my regiment and Kay’s Corps have now sadly gone due to the MOD’s restructuring over the past years, so it was nice to see that there are plaques dedicated to both of them. We had a nice warm meal in the Arboretum’s café and purchased a few items from the gift shop before heading back stopping only to do a bit of shopping on the way.
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| The Arboretum |
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| Obelisk |
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| WRAC |
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| 16th/ 5th Lancers |
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| Army Bands |
Even though the day was ending the light was still good enough for me to do a bit of DIY I had planned for the RV before we both settled down for it looks as if the temperature is destined to be around zero tonight.
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2 comments:
Ok, I've decided to try and find something... a map!!! What country are you in? I need to do better at following along on OUR adventure! Love the places we've been so far!! You are a great tour guide!!
Hi Nancy
We're in England (The West midlands) moving into Shropshire next week. Then its back here before heading south.
Glad your enjoying our little jaunt around the UK.
Kay & Stu (Blod & Animal)
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