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The Strand Gate (also known as the East Gate and Watchbell Gate) was built around 1300 to protect the entrance from the harbour at the bottom of Strand Hill. It was at least a third higher than it is today, and incorporated two portcullises and a pair of gates. There was a porter’s lodge inside the northeastern tower, and a room for the portcullis winding gear on the first floor. The town wall joined the northwestern and southeastern towers. The Strand Gate incorporated decorative stonework, some of which is still visible, suggesting that it was seen as the main entrance into the town (as it is today). As with other buildings, the Strand Gate would have been rendered and whitewashed, while the decorative stonework would have been picked out in colour.
Selv om vejret og bølgerne ofte har det med at se fredelige ud, så tag ikke fejl.
Pludselig er man ved at få revet benene væk under sig, og stå i vand til midt på lårene.
Facade of the Strand Hotel, originally the sister hotel to Raffles in Singapore. Noel Coward stayed here, naturally, and so did we.
Het strand daar was erg groot! Ik heb nog even heerlijk in de zee gezwommen. Dit is dus geen rivierstrand, maar de Atlantische Oceaan.