Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. The first phase was one of the earliest castles in England to be built at least partly using stone when the majority were built with earth and timber. Corfe Castle underwent major structural changes in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Today a slightly rainy day in south coast of England.
Ending with some classic english dessert -Dorset applecake
I decided to spend the whole of the next day in the British Museum. They have over 8 million things in the collection, Many of the Archeological sites I have been to , the good bits were packed up and sent here. They have a dozen rooms of Egyptian stuff, Mummies galore and history of England.
The door’s open at 10, but you can get into position by 9 am, so at 10.00 I rush the first exihipt with a few dozen people. There is is the Rosette Stone. in the center of hundreds of Egyptian statutes
By 5:30, closing time, I had walked thorough a hundred rooms , 7 hours , my eyes were glazed over
I was driving around Iceland, and just stoping to see the sighs.
After a cool waterfall (foss ) I saw a parking lot full of cars and no sign of what was going on, but there was no parking fee, so I said what the heck, looks like a black sand beach. After 4 km ( 2.5 miles) I found this.
On Saturday Nov 24, 1973, a United States Navy Douglas Super DC-3 airplane was forced to land on Sólheimasandur’s black sand beach in the south of Iceland after experiencing some severe icing.
