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This seems like rather more snow than we were supposed to get today. Glen Burnie, MD, February 1, 2019.
With the lofty One Canada Square in the background, this is the western end of Canary Wharf Crossrail Station in London, due to start taking trains in 2018 and to be part of the TFL Elizabeth Line
Henry II built the keep at Dover Castle, and it was the same King that crawled in rough cloth from Westgate to Canterbury Cathedral in penitence as a result of the murder of Thomas Becket.
With such local links to events and structures, I wondered where is was buried.
And that turned out to be France.
At Fontevraud Abbey. And that is why we stayed and ate in caves the night before, so that we would be a ten minute drive from the Abbey.
Dawn broke and the overnight rain had stopped. Sorry, paused, we had showers, got dressed and went to breakfast at half eight to find all other guests were arriving or eating.
A fine spread of local produce had been provided, and so we ate and drank well.
That done we loaded the car, settled the bill for local taxes, and drove to the Abbey, by which time it was raining again, and would only get heavier.
So much so that by the time we reached the Abbey and parked the car, it was hammering down.
We put on coats and sheltered under an umbrella as we hurried to the entrance, to find, as expected, chaos.
However, 90% of those hoards were on tours and waiting for their guides to collect them, we went to the front of the queue, though in reality there wasn't one, paid and the guy let us in through the outdoor.
We walked quickly down the slope to the entrance of the cathedral, to find just one group in the building, and very few others.
The Abbey is very plain, with four tombs laying at the Nave end of the Chancel, no other furniture, pews or seats.
I took shots, then to the tombs, took those, and snap a few details, and I was done, and we were walking back to the car at quarter to eleven, the rain finally having stopped.
We programmed the sat nav for home, and it told us we had 387 miles to go.
We drove back through the town square, down to the main road, and re-crossed the Loire, heading to the autoroute.
The sides of the road have been lined with Verbascums and Common Toadflax since we left Roccastrada, and this continued as we headed north into Britanny.
Rain fell again, and as the road threatened to flood, I slowed down and we made our way at a slower, but safer speed.
We Drove to Le Mans, by which time the rain had stopped, and I could put the hammer down, and really begin to eat the miles up. I mean going away is always wonderful, but its still great to come home, and we both wanted to be home now.
The hours slipped by, and the road just went on, but at least mostly empty, so it was stress free driving.
And then we got to Rouen. On the road to Rouen. Ahem.
At Roen, to get to the Channel ports, you have to turn off the autoroute and go through, if not the centre of the city, then the industrial heart, on narrower roads than is healthy, mixing it with lorries and trucks.
It is here we cross the Seine, and turn onto an autoroute again, passing through a long tunnel then out into the countryside, one the last long leg home.
The forecasted clouds built, as did the winds, though little rain fell.
And just before five, we saw the coast, though the White Cliffs were hidden in mist and rain, we knew it was there.
One last call at Calais Vin for fizz and Belgian beer, then next door for some stinky cheese and finally to the boulangerie for some traditional bread to go with wine and cheese.
We were set.
Its just two junctions back to the tunnel, we checked in and were allowed to take an earlier train free.
A half hour wait to six, then onto the train, wait until loading was complete, and after the announcements, it slid out and went under the sea.
Back to Blighty.
Off the train and instead of going on the M20 north, we take the little used off ramp to the A20, then turn back towards Folkestone and Dover.
And home.
Not sure what time we got back, but we unloaded the car, put on the kettle and had a brew.
The first load of washing was put in the machine, I cut a loaf of bread and poured wine.
We let out a big sigh,
We were home.
In 14 days, we had done 2,952 miles, with the leg on the first day being the longest in distance at 508 miles, but the next day with the two Alpine passes we drove for just about 11 hours for 496 miles.
No wonder we were glad to arrive in Tuscany.
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The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault (in French: abbaye de Fontevraud) was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French Duchy of Anjou. It was founded in 1101 by the itinerant preacher Robert of Arbrissel. The foundation flourished and became the centre of a new monastic Order, the Order of Fontevraud. This order was composed of double monasteries, in which the community consisted of both men and women — in separate quarters of the abbey — all of whom were subject to the authority of the Abbess of Fontevraud. The Abbey of Fontevraud itself consisted of four separate communities, all managed by the same abbess.
The first permanent structures were built between 1110 and 1119.[1] The area where the Abbey is located was then part of what is sometimes referred to as the Angevin Empire. The king of England, Henry II, his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their son, King Richard the Lionheart, were all buried here at the end of the 12th century. It was seized and disestablished as a monastery during the French Revolution.
The Abbey is situated in the Loire Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, between Chalonnes-sur-Loire and Sully-sur-Loire within the Loire-Anjou-Touraine French regional natural park (Parc naturel régional Loire-Anjou-Touraine).
The complex of monastic buildings served as a prison from 1804 to 1963. Since 1975, it has hosted a cultural centre, the Centre Culturel de l'Ouest.
Robert of Arbrissel had served as the Archpriest of the Diocese of Rennes, carrying out the reformist agenda of its bishop. When the bishop died in 1095, Robert was driven out of the diocese due to the hostility of the local clergy. He then became a hermit in the forest of Craon, where he practiced a life of severe penance, together with a number of other men who went on to found major monastic institutions. His eloquence and asceticism attracted many followers, for whom in 1096 he founded a monastery of canons regular at La Roë, of which he was the first abbot. In that same year Pope Urban II summoned him to Angers and appointed him an apostolic missionary, authorizing him to preach anywhere. His preaching drew large crowds of devoted followers, both men and women, even lepers. As a result, many men wished to embrace the religious life, and he sent these to his abbey. When the canons of that house objected to the influx of candidates of lower social states, he resigned his office and left the community.
Around 1100 Robert and his followers settled in a valley called Fons Ebraldi where he established a monastic community. Initially the men and women lived together in the same house, in an ancient ascetic practice called Syneisaktism. This practice had been widely condemned by Church authorities, however, and under pressure the community soon segregated according to gender, with the monks living in small priories where they lived in community in service to the nuns and under their rule. Sometime before 1106, Fulk IV, Count of Anjou gave a significant property gift to the abbey.
With the passing of the Plantagenet dynasty, Fontevrault and her dependencies began to fall upon hard times. At the end of the 12th century, the Abbess of Fontevrault, Matilda of Flanders (1189–1194), complained about the extreme poverty which the abbey was suffering. As a result, in 1247 the nuns were permitted to receive inheritances to provide income for their needs, contrary to monastic custom. The fragile economic basis of the Order was exacerbated by the devastation of the Hundred Years War, which lasted throughout the 14th century. A canonical visitation of fifty of the priories of the Order in 1460 showed most of them to be barely occupied, if not abandoned.
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Start this day with HUMILITY,
Go on with PATIENCE
and end it with PRAISE…
After all,
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