It Rhymes With Ester

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  Chichester, United Kingdom
Saturday, July 28, 2007

As the Golf had proven itself after its little spat in Surrey, we decided that as summer had finally arrived in England, we would head on back to West Sussex and see the stuff that we had not seen before. So we jumped in and headed South, off to see more Roman mosaics, and a Roman road or two
 
Fishbourne Palace
 
Over the years, I have driven around the South of England, and I have seen the signs for this palace, but as I keep telling you all, it's the Jew in me that has stopped me from entering because I would have had to put my hand in my pocket, but since I've been in hospital, I've had a new outlook on life, so off we went, to the little village of Fishbourne. I dug deep into my pockets, paid and entered. Down below was a huge area of mosaics. Much larger than Bignor Roman Villa, more in the size of Casa Mitreo. There was a lot missing from the majority of them, but there was one extra special one, it had the central winged character riding a dolphin. It was very impressive. There was also the remains of a Medusa head which was a newer mosaic built on top of an older one. Once the palace had been abandoned, it was turned into a sort of graveyard. Digging started, a few bodies were found, and one was left, for the show and tell feature, so being the tourists that we are, we took the photos. We had a quick look round the gardens, took some more photos, then moved on.
 
Chichester
 
If it rhymes with Ester, there is a good chance that it's going to be a Roman town, and trust me, England has loads of them !!! And as Chichester was around the corner, we decided to have a look.

Basically, there are two main roads, which are dead straight and aptly named, North, South, East and West. I know that is four, but they all meet at a central clock tower, and the name change takes place there. As we walked, there were numerous signs stating that a Quaker did this or that, then I saw one saying James Hack had done something. Now I work with a James Hack, and he is always dressed in black. Maybe he is hiding a little secret from me !!! There was also a Cathedral, which was quite nice, so we had a quick look inside, before we exited and did a wall walk as this is a walled town. Thet were ok, nothing like some of the ones we had seen recently, but beggars can't be choosers, so we followed them around until we had finished the circuit.
 
And our day was now over, all we had left was the drive back to Putney, which thankfully, the Golf made it back this time under it's own steam !!!

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001 Roman Floor	002 Roman Mosaic	003 Roman Mosaic	004 Roman Mosaic
005 Roman Mosaic	006 Roman Mosaic	007 Roman Mosaic	008 Roman Mosaic
009 Roman Mosaic	010 Roman Mosaic	011 Roman Mosaic	012 Skeleton
013 Roman Mosaic	014 Roman Mosaic	015 Roman Mosaic	016 Roman Mosaic
017 Roman Mosaic	018 Roman Mosaic	019 Roman Mosaic	020 Roman Mosaic
021 Roman Mosaic	022 Grapes	023 Thistle	024 James Hack
025 Chichester Clock Tower	026 Chichester Clock Tower	027 Black Sculpture	028 Clock
029 Cathedral Bell Tower	030 Gravestone	031 Lucy Near the Cathedral Bell Tower	032 Stained Glass Windows
033 Pipe Organ	034 Stained Glass Windows	035 Painting	036 Stained Glass Window
037 Walled Panel	038 Gravestone	039 Painted Panel	040 Painted Panel
041 Cathedral Cloisters	042 Chichester Cathedral	043 Sun Dial	044 Chichester Cathedral
045 Gate	046 Gate	047 Gate	048 Old Wall
049 Old Wall	050 Lucy on the Wall	051 Old Building

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