Thursday, June 01, 2006
The Ruins and the town of Rye
Our original plan for this brief venture out of the city was to go and visit Leed's castle, however we didn't arrive until quite late in the morning and we found the price of £12.50 was a little steep for the short while we were intending on being there for. Instead we decided to just go for a bit of a drive and see if we can find any other castles. It wasn't long before we did find some ruins, the details of which I am not sure of as the information post in front of the ruins itself was so old all the information on it had become indecipherable. All I can guess is that the ruins are very very old indeed and are now inhabited by a family of doves.
Here we have Kris, Luke and Imelda attempting to decipher the information post
Imelda and the dove
After the Ruins we looked into our Lonely Planet guide book and found that the small town of Rye wasn't too far from our current location. Rye is described in the Lonely Planet as "The impossibly picturesque medieval town of Rye looks like it has been preserved in historical formaldehyde...half-timbered Tudor buildings, Georgian town houses, winding cobbled streets, abundant flower pots..." Upon arriving we soon found this desciption extremely apt, the place felt like a much older version of Taranaki's "Pioneer Village" but with people actually living there.
The streets of Rye and The Church of St Mary the Virgin
The turret clock on the church is the oldest in England (1561) and still works with its original pendulum mechanism.
Ryes Fortifications and one of the impressive stained glass windows inside the church.
Here we have Kris, Luke and Imelda attempting to decipher the information post
And here we have myself proving once and for all that I am indeed the king of the castle
Imelda and the dove
After the Ruins we looked into our Lonely Planet guide book and found that the small town of Rye wasn't too far from our current location. Rye is described in the Lonely Planet as "The impossibly picturesque medieval town of Rye looks like it has been preserved in historical formaldehyde...half-timbered Tudor buildings, Georgian town houses, winding cobbled streets, abundant flower pots..." Upon arriving we soon found this desciption extremely apt, the place felt like a much older version of Taranaki's "Pioneer Village" but with people actually living there.
The streets of Rye and The Church of St Mary the Virgin
The turret clock on the church is the oldest in England (1561) and still works with its original pendulum mechanism.
Ryes Fortifications and one of the impressive stained glass windows inside the church.
