Welcome to Peacockshock Welcome to Ian's House tag:www.peacockshock.com,2010://1 Movable Type Copyright (c) 2010, Ian Grand Tour 2010 2010-09-04T10:12:57+00:00 tag:www.peacockshock.com,2010://1.3899 2010-09-04T10:12:57Z Thank you to James and Cosimo (below) for taking me on a Grand Tour of the South East in August.... Ian ian@ianpeacock.com Wherever Thank you to James and Cosimo (below) for taking me on a Grand Tour of the South East in August.

]]> Grand Tour - Ely 2010-09-02T20:36:55+00:00 tag:www.peacockshock.com,2010://1.3910 2010-09-02T20:36:55Z me in the cathedral, underneath the octagon... Ian ian@ianpeacock.com Wherever

me in the cathedral, underneath the octagon

]]> 2010-09-02T20:32:08+00:00 tag:www.peacockshock.com,2010://1.3909 2010-09-02T20:32:08Z yes - it really does say 'an unhappy death occasioned by the kick of a horse'... Ian ian@ianpeacock.com Wherever

yes - it really does say 'an unhappy death occasioned by the kick of a horse'

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King's College Chapel

]]> Grand Tour - Grantchester 2010-09-02T13:55:17+00:00 tag:www.peacockshock.com,2010://1.3917 2010-09-02T13:55:17Z Grantchester is still one of my favourite locations for afternoon tea. And the Orchard Tea Gardens thankfully haven't changed much since I used to go in the 1980s. Grantchester was made famous by the poet Rupert Brooke (The Old Vicarage... Ian ian@ianpeacock.com Wherever Grantchester is still one of my favourite locations for afternoon tea. And the Orchard Tea Gardens thankfully haven't changed much since I used to go in the 1980s.

Grantchester was made famous by the poet Rupert Brooke (The Old Vicarage Grantchester, 1912) and his friends, who called themselves the Neo-Pagans - Virginia Woolf, EM Forster, Bertrand Russell, Wittgenstein, Maynard Keynes and Augustus John.

Yet stands the clock at ten to three?
And is there honey still for tea?

No. Scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream actually.


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Cosimo took this one

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Rupert Brooke

]]> Grand Tour - Bournemouth 2010-09-02T11:13:25+00:00 tag:www.peacockshock.com,2010://1.3905 2010-09-02T11:13:25Z Bournemouth resembled Barbados at points, thanks to the bursts of sun which punctuated the showers.... Ian ian@ianpeacock.com Wherever Bournemouth resembled Barbados at points, thanks to the bursts of sun which punctuated the showers.

]]> 2010-09-02T11:12:04+00:00 tag:www.peacockshock.com,2010://1.3904 2010-09-02T11:12:04Z In the evening, we popped over to Sandbanks near Poole, which has been dubbed 'Britain's answer to Palm Beach'. It's the fourth most expensive place to live in the world, after Central London, Manhattan and Moscow. The bay was... Ian ian@ianpeacock.com Wherever

In the evening, we popped over to Sandbanks near Poole, which has been dubbed 'Britain's answer to Palm Beach'. It's the fourth most expensive place to live in the world, after Central London, Manhattan and Moscow. The bay was lovely - spectral yachts at dusk. But the houses were a bit OTT and looked like they'd been designed by a deranged WAG.

]]> Grand Tour - Lavenham 2010-09-02T10:45:39+00:00 tag:www.peacockshock.com,2010://1.3921 2010-09-02T10:45:39Z It was my first visit to Lavenham in Suffolk. One of the richest villages in medieval England, it has half-timber houses, pargetted walls, odd carvings, antique shops and tea rooms. Scenes from Harry Potter were filmed here. And there's a... Ian ian@ianpeacock.com Wherever It was my first visit to Lavenham in Suffolk. One of the richest villages in medieval England, it has half-timber houses, pargetted walls, odd carvings, antique shops and tea rooms. Scenes from Harry Potter were filmed here. And there's a great teddy bear shop (selling Steiff bears) and tapestry gallery, where I bought a cushion with a rabbit on it.


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]]> 2010-09-02T10:44:07+00:00 tag:www.peacockshock.com,2010://1.3918 2010-09-02T10:44:07Z welcome sign - no, really... Ian ian@ianpeacock.com Wherever

welcome sign - no, really

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