Beautiful Yorkshire/Richard III Week

[Carol]

Jayne wrote:
>
> Have just returned from 2 weeks holiday in Beautiful North Yorkshire
in England. it was very Wet and cold but did not stop DH and myself 
and my 2 children sightseeing. We did not get to any Dunnett places,
but we went to Whitby Abbey which is beautiful and to Middleham Castle
which was Richard 111rd childhood home and his favourite residence. It
is great although a ruin. As a great Richard fan it has been one of
the castles I have always wanted to visit.I could imagine all I had
read about in Sunne in Splendour (Sharon Penman's wonderful book
)happening there. We visited Pickering Castle too and York(Which is a
lovely City ). I went to a Richard 111rd museum there which was great
so I was a happy bunny

Carol:
I thought of Richard on the 22nd, the anniversary of Bosworth. I was
glad to see that both the British and American RIII Societies had
memorial notices on their web pages. There's a new book out
(nonfiction) called "Richard III: The Maligned King" by Annette
Carson. Check out this discussion on Vulpes Libris (Book Fox), which
is celebrating Richard III Week:

http://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/richard-iii-week-interview-with-annette-carson/

http://tinyurl.com/5ulj2y

Turns out that Annette Carson shares some favorite books with me: Paul
Murray Kendall's biography of Richard, of course, but also LOTR and
"Sense and Sensibility."

Jayne:
 
> Yorkshire is lovely and there are more places to visit that I did
not get too. Next time maybe!!!!.
> 
> Mind you I want sun next year on my holiday so will have to venture
 outside UK. Thinking of Cyprus or Portugal

Carol:
I'd love to go to Yorkshire, but I'm afraid I'm stuck here in the U.S.
BTW, if you want a warm, sunshiny place, may I recommend southern
Arizona? Not in monsoon season, however. We may have rain again this
afternoon. Nothing compared with the "Sunshine State" (Florida),
however, which has been drenched by Fay, the tropical storm that
wouldn't leave. (Her brother Julio is supposed to push some rain into
Arizona today--I hope.)

Carol, off to pick up her new lineless trifocals, which are finally
ready, hooray!