Paying respects to King Harold II of 1066 fame… a family member

As beautiful as Waltham Abbey Church is and it’s impressively large gardens and ruins outside it; for myself at least it is not the main reason to have always wanted to visit the place. For Waltham Abbey is said to be the final resting place of the final crowned Anglo-Saxon king (see my post for… Continue reading Paying respects to King Harold II of 1066 fame… a family member

A wintery walk around Waltham Abbey

It’s often the case that one doesn’t visit the places on your doorstep and even as a guide in London, I sometimes only visited the most famous of places because I was being paid to. Just over a week ago in one of those freezing winter days where the weather doesn’t change for weeks on… Continue reading A wintery walk around Waltham Abbey