The next bit of our journey was to Lanchester to visit my Grandpa Frank. He was very pleased to see us. His house is quite big, has a very nice garden and has some stairs up to the bedrooms. There are lots of interesting things to look at.
We went to visit Durham, which is about 3 miles away. We went to Durham Cathedral, which was very big. It used to have prisoners in it when there was a war. Tom and I went up a very tall tower – Ellen was too short to go up. The stairs went up and up and when round and round – there are 325 steps. It was so small at the top you could hardly get passed other people. We saw the tombs of two saints: Saint Cuthbert and Saint Bede. Saint Bede is very important because he translated the bible to English, so all the bibles we read at school come from his work. There were loads of stain glass windows and we sat in the Cloisters where parts of the Harry Potter film were made.
We also looked at Durham Castle, which is now used as a University, and some students live there.
We tried English fish and chips as we sat in the main square of Durham and we decided they were quite nice but a bit greasy (but don’t tell Grandpa as he likes them).
In the evening Grandpa had a barbeque and invited some of his friend and my family. It was nice to see everyone and they were all very friendly. We saw Uncle Terrance and Uncle James, who has the same name as me and we are both named after my Great Grandpa Jimmy.
We went to visit Durham, which is about 3 miles away. We went to Durham Cathedral, which was very big. It used to have prisoners in it when there was a war. Tom and I went up a very tall tower – Ellen was too short to go up. The stairs went up and up and when round and round – there are 325 steps. It was so small at the top you could hardly get passed other people. We saw the tombs of two saints: Saint Cuthbert and Saint Bede. Saint Bede is very important because he translated the bible to English, so all the bibles we read at school come from his work. There were loads of stain glass windows and we sat in the Cloisters where parts of the Harry Potter film were made.
We also looked at Durham Castle, which is now used as a University, and some students live there.
We tried English fish and chips as we sat in the main square of Durham and we decided they were quite nice but a bit greasy (but don’t tell Grandpa as he likes them).
In the evening Grandpa had a barbeque and invited some of his friend and my family. It was nice to see everyone and they were all very friendly. We saw Uncle Terrance and Uncle James, who has the same name as me and we are both named after my Great Grandpa Jimmy.
hi jimmy sounds like you are having lots of adventures and seeing lots of whanau members. Have you been eating a lot of your grandfathers honey? I hope you get to go and see the new harry potter film soon. The girls photo that is now on your blog is someone i work with called Elaine, she spent a lot of time trying to help me work out how to post a comment on your page. I am sure you will be able to work out how to take off her photo.
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Hello Jimmy and Family,
ReplyDeleteGreetings from St Peter Chanel, NZ. Room 2 loved reading your blog about your adventures in England especially the bits about tigers, arrows and hot oil!! We thought you were very lucky getting to ride an elephant. Mrs Waldron tried to write a post from us but you must have changed your password so she couldn't get on. We are missing you heaps - keep writing!!
Hi Jimmy looking forwardto seeing you in London
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