Highclere Castle, Hampshire. Highclere is the home of the Earl of Carnarvon, and serves as Downton Abbey in the hit series.

Highclere Castle, Hampshire.

Highclere is the home of the Earl of Carnarvon, and serves as Downton Abbey in the hit series.

The Royal Crescent, Bath. A beautiful example of Regency architecture.

The Royal Crescent, Bath. A beautiful example of Regency architecture.

Hey guys,

So at the moment I totally don’t have time to get my tumblr ‘on’, as you youngsters say. Apologies and such like. Hopefully I shall resume in the near future, when my life allows it.

Till then I shall continue to follow people and I hope that this is cool with the tumblr massive. I am a real person, a real person who enjoys what you write and post and repost and what have you. Not a robot. Well. Only that one arm but if it was cool with Luke Skywalker, bitches can damn well put up with it.

Temple Church, near Fleet Street, London. The church is perfectly round and was heavily damaged during WW2.

Temple Church, near Fleet Street, London. The church is perfectly round and was heavily damaged during WW2.

Level crossing at the Black Country Living Museum, Dudley. Today’s slightly dubious fact: I think the colour of the bus is Trafalgar Blue!

Level crossing at the Black Country Living Museum, Dudley. Today’s slightly dubious fact: I think the colour of the bus is Trafalgar Blue!

Bateman’s, the home of Rudyard Kipling, O Best Beloved. 

Bateman’s, the home of Rudyard Kipling, O Best Beloved. 

Tower Bridge, London.

Tower Bridge, London.

Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island, Northumberland.

Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island, Northumberland.

The Temple of Diana at Weston Park in Shropshire. Built in the late 18th century it is now a private residence on the Weston Park Estate.

The Temple of Diana at Weston Park in Shropshire. Built in the late 18th century it is now a private residence on the Weston Park Estate.

The Chained Oak of Alton Village, Staffordshire. Legend info taken from Wikipedia: The legend goes that on an autumn night in 1821, the Earl of Shrewsbury was returning to his home in Alton Towers when an old woman suddenly appeared in the road. The coach stopped to find why she was there, and then the old woman begged for a coin. The Earl cruelly dismissed her, so the old woman placed a curse on him. The old woman said, “For every branch on the Old Oak Tree here that falls, a member of the Earl’s family will die.” The Earl dismissed this and carried on his way. That night, during a violent storm a single branch from the old oak tree broke and fell. Later that same night, a member of the Earl’s family suddenly and mysteriously died. To prevent any more deaths the Earl ordered his servants to chain every branch together to prevent other branches from falling.

The Chained Oak of Alton Village, Staffordshire.

Legend info taken from Wikipedia:

The legend goes that on an autumn night in 1821, the Earl of Shrewsbury was returning to his home in Alton Towers when an old woman suddenly appeared in the road.

The coach stopped to find why she was there, and then the old woman begged for a coin.

The Earl cruelly dismissed her, so the old woman placed a curse on him. The old woman said, “For every branch on the Old Oak Tree here that falls, a member of the Earl’s family will die.” The Earl dismissed this and carried on his way.

That night, during a violent storm a single branch from the old oak tree broke and fell. Later that same night, a member of the Earl’s family suddenly and mysteriously died. To prevent any more deaths the Earl ordered his servants to chain every branch together to prevent other branches from falling.