While York was the highlight we did do a little adventuring. We met Lee for a drink one night. No evidence to show for this. We also visited Leeds to meet Tasha and took the opportunity to visit the Royal Armouries. It was very wet that day.
King Henry VIII's armour
Not a good shot sorry!
The Royal Armouries’ mascot piece. The jester helmet.
Jester Helmet
Chatsworth House was included in our tour. However, the camera battery died. I have some photos on my iphone that I haven’t downloaded yet.
We also visited Warhammer World in Nottingham. Have too many shots of that so here are some highlights.
Lurtz and James- Warhammer World
Matthew and Warhammer World
View of a diorama in Warhammer World
The room was full of different dioramas…some of them quite spectacular.
Some miniatures
I have a lot of shots from the gallery but I haven’t downloaded them yet. As well as hanging a bit with the Black Library crew, we met up with Marc, who took us to lunch and then to the city of caves. There have been people living in caves since medieval times.
Us in cave-Nottingham
The entry to the caves was rather strange. Go into the mall and turn left. The shopping centre was built over the caves. There are more caves under Nottingham Castle but we didn’t see those. Not much time.
Cavern in a cave
Lots of things happened here in th caves, tanning, which must have smelt awful, bomb shelters during the second world war, and generally homes for those too poor to afford a house.
A dud bomb?
A well in the cave
As well as a lot of green country side and quaint villages we saw these around the place.
Nuclear power station
We also saw that the British have a fondness for zombies. There was one excellent billboard for Virgin Trains, with zombies. I didn’t get a photo unfortunately. However, another smart person did. Here is a link to the photo of the billboard. And here is a zombie theme on a can of Tango.
Zombie Tango
More later.
How come H8 was so skinny??
This armour was made when King Henry the 8th was about 29 years old and he was a strapping young fellow then, very proud of the curve of his calves etc. This armour was made for his trip to France for the Field of Gold. He was also quite tall about 6 foot 1 from memory.
Ah, what time does to us all…sigh.