Virtual tour of Woody my camper van - #vanlife
I've travelled over 50,000 miles on my camper-van-camino - and sent out hundreds of posts from my Genius Loci Digest about my travels and adventures across the British Isles.
virtual reality
Almost as good as being there...
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Be there: Lichfield Cathedral and Lichfield in glorious VR
In the 9th century, Lichfield was the hub of the mighty Mercian power-grasp for political hegemony. King Offa (who built that dyke) made it an archbishopric with dominion from the Humber to the Thames.
Be there: Lichfield Cathedral West Front Door in glorious VR
The west front doors at Lichfield are covered in decorative metalwork. They warrant a closer inspection - the clasps and keyhole covers are as intricate as the cusping on the stone work.
Be there: All Saints, Wing, Buckinghamshire in glorious VR
I came to Wing in Buckinghamshire to see just one thing: the Anglo Saxon apse to the church. The apse is C10th and is thought to have been built for Aelfgifa, sister-in-law to King Edgar.
Be there: All Saints, Hillesden, Bucks in glorious VR
The church at Hillesden has a lot to answer for. It is reputed that George Gilbert Scott, who lived nearby, said that it was this church that inspired his love of Gothic.
Be there: The Queen of Holderness in glorious VR
St. Patrick in Patrington is a wonderful creation of the Decorated period of Gothic architecture in the early C14th.
Be there: Beverley Minster and Beverley town in glorious VR.
Beverley wears its materials on its sleeve - the glorous buff and ochre hues of the pantiles (which originated in the low countries).
Be there: The chancel at St. Mary, Wirksworth, Derbyshire in glorious VR.
This is a view of the chancel at St. Mary, Wirksworth with its fine encaustic floor tiles and the tomb of Sir Anthony Lowe, gentleman of the bedchamber to both Henry VII, Henry VIII and Edward VI.
Be there: the Anglo-Saxon Wirksworth Stone in glorious VR.
Situated in the north aisle of St. Mary's Parish Church the Wirksworth stone is dated to around 800AD.