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And this is another Welsh Castle at Criccieth
It is on the coast and is also in North Wales.

This is the Norman castle at Carreg Cennen in Wales - not an easy castle to storm by the look of it.

Here is the lovely little "Scotney Castle".
It has some attractive gardens attached
to it and is open to the public.
It is in the county of Kent in south-east England.

This is the tower of Windsor Castle seen from the river Thames.

And here are the Westgate Towers.
As the name suggests they were part of
one of the gates of the City of Canterbury
in Kent. They had their own dungeon underneath.
You can see Jul and her Mum standing there
in the public gardens beside the river Stour.

This is Lindisfarne Castle in Northumbria
which is the extreme north-east corner of England.
Lindisfarne was the home of the famous and beautifully
illuminated Lindisfarne Gospels.

This is a floodlit view of Dover Castle in Kent.

Deep underneath in the chalk are miles of tunnels and vaults used during the Second World War as Planning and Hospital areas.

Yes, way beneath the Castle lie secret underground tunnels, and some of them even date back to the Middle Ages. They were originally built so that the soldiers could get in and out of the Castle without being seen. During the Napoleonic wars the tunnels were extended in preparation for any invasion by the French. Seven of the tunnels could accommodate up to 2,000 troops and this was the only "Underground Barracks" ever to be built in England.

Even now in the 21st Century you can still make a visit to Dover Castle and see the underground tunnels as they were during the desperate time of the 2nd World War.

At that time there were over 600 men and women occupying them. 'Operation Dynamo' to evacuate the British and French troops from Dunkirk's beaches was co-ordinated from here. Also you can see the Command Centre from where Sir Winston Churchill was to lead the Allied Forces to victory.

'Now come on Pooh, we MUST be fair', says Tigger. 'We've shown them castles in Wales and England. Now we must show them some in Scotland too.'
..... 'Oh BOTHER', says Pooh, 'I spose eny minute you'll be suggesting I change my name to McPooh. Well I don't see why I should see! I already wear a McIntosh and I eat little Sir McErals n McErunes every now and then, and Christopher Robin even gives me gentle Sir Macs when I've bean nortie. So I'm not going any more Scottish. It's quite ernuff.'
'Hang on Pooh! Don't be too hasty', says Tigger, 'Just remember that the bees make some very good HONEY in Scotland from all the heather which grows in the Highlands.'
'Ah well then, that's qwite difrunt', says Pooh, 'Why didn't you say so be4? We mus deafnitlee have sum Scottish Carsles on the sight strate away this minit.....please can you put a fu on there for me Tigger?... before I get Scottish bees buzzing all round me?'

'Oh all right then, you silly old bear', says Tigger, 'But only cos it's you. No uther reezen'

Here are two separate views of the enchanting Eilean Donan Castle at Dornie on beautiful Loch Duich in western Scotland, which Jul and Jenn saw on their family's camping holiday in Scotland in 1998.

And here's a pic of Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe.

Now here we've got the Castle at Edinburgh
where they perform the Tattoo under floodlights
every year in the Fall during the Edinburgh Festival.
This pic shows the Ross Fountain in the foreground

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN went down with Alice to the front of Buckingham Palace, where Queen Elizabeth II lives when she is in London.

But have you ever wondered what the Queen of England's backyard looks like? Tigger and Pooh can show you now...... THIS IS IT!!

Pic of the Long Man of Wilmington in Sussex

"What's that up on the hill over there Tigger?" asked Pooh. "Oh THAT! Don't you know anything Pooh? It's 'The Long Man of Wilmington'. He's carved into the chalk of the Sussex countryside", said Tigger. "Huh" mumbled Pooh, "What a SILLY name! He ought to be called the 'Tall Man' not the 'Long Man'. When did anyone ever ask you how 'long' you were? I bet you the answer is 'Never'..... so I'm not the only silly one round here that's obveeus. Let's go and climb on it Tigger....QUICK cos there's 2 people, a big one and a little one, just up ahead of us on the road. See them! So we'd better hurry just in case a tourist might have left a spare jar of honey up there specially for hungering Poohs in dire need"

The Long Man of Wilmington, or Wilmington Giant, is 226 feet high. He is a figure cut into the turf of the South Downs on Windover Hill and faces more or less due north towards the Weald. This Giant is one of the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. The only larger figure is the Giant Of Attacama in Chile which is said to be 393 feet high

This is Kings College Cambridge which is very famous for its splendid Chapel and for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols broadcast at 3.00 p.m. every Christmas Eve on Radio and Television.

The pic on the left shows some undergraduates poling their punts along the river Cam in front of Kings College Chapel, and the smaller sepia pic on the right shows the frontage of Kings College on a miserable damp foggy day in winter.

And this is the famous "MATHEMATICAL BRIDGE" over the River Cam at Queen's College where
the great Dutch scholar Erasmus of Rotterdam
worked on the Greek text of the New Testament
during the time of Martin Luther and the Reformation.

"Tigger", says Pooh, "What a funny man that Erasmus must have bean. Fancy him doing all that difficult sort of stuff on a bridge. He would have been better off playing 'Pooh Sticks' on it even if there was something the Mathemattercal with it. But it looks all right now Tigger, don't you think? So perhaps Erasmus got the Geeks to mend it" - - - "Dear old Pooh" says Tigger "How do you manage to be SO SILLY?"

This bridge over the river Cam joining two parts of St John's College, is called the Bridge of Sighs - after the older one in Venice

Here's the gatehouse at Trinity College Cambridge viewed from inside the Great Court - the internal lawns of the Cambridge Colleges are called "Courts", whereas at Oxford University they are called "Quads". On the other side of this Trinity College Gatehouse there is a statue of Henry VIII about 12 feet above the entrance... in his hand where he should be carrying a sceptre, some Cambridge student put an old wooden chair leg!! The chair-leg is now part of "history" and none of the authorities has it removed!

Thatched cottages in the village of Wherwell in the county of Hampshire. This village is about 10 miles west of Steventon where Jane Austen lived.

Another thatched cottage, this time in the county of Devon and with a red Post Box built into the wall of the cottage

Ever see a funny old winding street like this one?
It is in York and the name of the street is "The Shambles" "We're not kidding are we, Tigger and Eeyore?"

Pic of an old street in the city of York

How is this for a beautiful natural view?
"About 30 miles due north of here is Hartfield,
the site of the original bridge where Christopher Robin Milne
played 'Pooh Sticks' with you and Pooh n Piglet n me,"
said Tigger to Eeyore.
These chalk cliffs are called "The Seven Sisters". It is the place where the range of chalk hills (called "The South Downs") meets the sea of the English Channel at the coast of the county of Sussex between Seaford and Eastbourne.
AND HEY GET THIS! We've just managed to get
a pic of the Pooh Sticks Bridge which is about
25 miles from where Jul's Dad lives in East Sussex.

See the following LINKS - - - -"WHERE TO GO IN BRITAIN" - also "ENJOY BRITAIN - and Scotland On-Line with its galleries of free Greeting Pics, and also the quarterly magazine "This England".

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