Westminster Abbey in London is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In and around Trafalgar Square, The 18ft high statue of Nelson sits on 151ft of granite. The column was built between 1840 and 1843 to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The English Chamber Orchestra gets it's name from Trafalgar Square's St Martin-in-the-Fields church, in which its first concert was performed. For all you classical music fans, this is where Sir Neville Marriner started! Copyleft music by Rogg Maddeford Duo. More than a day trip from Thornbury Castle, and certainly worth the travel! (You can view this video, and other travel videos in full-size and near-DVD quality, travel stills and more at www.jpmeyer.com). Thornbury Castle is part of the von Essen Group of hotels, "a private collection of individual country house hotels in the UK, each with a distinctive style and character of its own" according to www.vonessenhotels.co.uk, but we think of it as Real People having Real Fun!
Thornbury Castle, England: Glastonbury Abbey Ruins, a day trip from Thornbury Castle. The discovery of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere's grave in 1191 was based on a grave stone inscription: Hic jacet sepultus inclitus rex Arthurus in insula Avalonia ("Here lies interred the famous King Arthur on the Isle of Avalon"). Very cool stuff! Copyleft music by Carl Leth. (You can view this video, and other travel videos in full-size and near-DVD quality, travel stills and more at www.jpmeyer.com). Thornbury Castle is part of the von Essen Group of hotels, "a private collection of individual country house hotels in the UK, each with a distinctive style and character of its own" according to www.vonessenhotels.co.uk, but we think of it as Real People having Real Fun!
The World's Mysterious Places - Part 5
Other planets don't come any stranger than what we've got down here on Earth. So let's go for another gander around the old blue dot, eh?
The Long Man of Wilmington
Cerne Abbas Giant
Glastonbury Tor & Abbey
Stanton Drew Stone Circles
Boscawen-Un - all in England
'The Canal' / 'Spear', Pakistan/India
The Gympie Pyramid, Australia
Black Triangle, Australia
Sakkara, Egypt
Palace of Knossus, Crete
Music by NakedSkin (http://chaos.destramusic.com/artist.asp?ArtistID=129941) Used by permission. Thanks mate!
Written & Narrated by Jerry Glover
Kai investigates Boris' Abbey since he feels some sort of draw to it. What will he find? Also, Max meets up with the All Starz and Ray meets up with the White Tigers. Why have they come to Russia?
Description: Sung by Rita Connolly Granuaile: With Lucy Lawless She is known by many names: Grainne Mhaol (Bald Grace), Grainne Ui Mhaille (Grace of the Umhalls), Grania, the Dark Lady of Doona, Grace O'Malley, and Granuaile (Gran-oo-ale). She was a contemporary of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Edmund Spencer, Walter Raleigh, and Francis Drake. She was a mother, a pirate, and one of the many great women of Ireland. Born c. 1530 into the O'Malley family, the hereditary lords of Umhall which included Clare Island, Inishturk, Inishbofin, Inishark and Caher, Grace married into two of the powerful families of Western Ireland, the O'Flaherty of West Connacht and the Burke of Clew Bay. Tradition has it that she is buried (1603) on Clare Island at the Abbey which bears the O'Malley coat-of-arms; Terra-Marique-
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