Sharon and Ken go to Battle.!!!

We went to visit “Battle Abbey” today, well worth it too. We’ve all heard of 1066 and all that but even me, after reading so much about that year, was suitably impressed. They have a small display area showing the weapons and armour they wore and a series of maps of the area of the battle as it was then. A short but really impressive movie explained in brief, the events leading to the fight and a nice job of explaining how the battle was fought won and lost. The battle that changed the course of history in the western world. I hadn’t really thought about it before but if “William the Bastard” had lost, we would be living in a different world now…….now I’m getting a headache for ‘thinking’ of things like that.
This little shack in town is a fairly modern one from 1429

Battle Abbey, in the town of Battle was founded by William the Conqueror, a couple of years after the battle and then the town formed around it. It really is an interesting small town. Some of the original houses from the 11th century are still here. Then the town has been added onto over the years so there’s a real pleasant mix of architecture.

Had dinner in the local pub tonight, Sharon likes English sausage so she had the bangers and mash with onions. I just had some plain Steak and Kidney pud and new spuds. Goes down well with a couple of pints of bitter. Sharon has to shudder when I have that. Says, I should start an International House of Pancreas!