The further south we go the better the weather. Climbed the steep, steep hill up to the castle. It's so steep, it's called the steep. Saw Magna Carta which has some interesting stories around it. It all got started when K John lost the barons their land in France, but insisted on taxing them on it! So they got together & thrashed it out. The Archbishop took it away & put it on paper for the king to seal. It was written in a shorthand ancient Latin, which he couldn't read. So he took it to someone to read it to him & discovered he had been stitched up. War broke out & the barons bought in the French to put the French King's son on the throne. It didn't resolve itself until K John died(murdered) & his 9 year son Henry took over. Went to Brown's Pie shop which was smashing, if heavy duty.
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