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Looking for the Real Amy Robsart (Guest Post)
Guest post by Nicola Cornick
Amy Robsart is a woman from the footnotes of history who is most often defined as either a wife (of Robert Dudley, favourite of Queen Elizabeth I) or as a victim (of an unexplained death.) When I came to study and write about Amy, I wanted to find out as much as I could about the woman behind these different identities, which is no easy task. There are however clues…
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DT #206, 25 July 2014 (Cross Bay Nightfall)
DT #206, 25 July 2014 (Cross Bay Nightfall)
Jello says, “Drinking beer In the hot sun. I fought the Law and, uh, I won.”
Name: Cross Bay Nightfall Type: bitter Venue: The Vine Inn, Cumnor
Review/notes: I’m off work for a few days and with the long shifts this week decided to start early. On the bus at 12:45, I was off it in Besselsleigh for a short runon one of those rare 80°F (26°C) sunny days. I knew it was going to be a short run…
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The Vine, Cumnor, Oxfordshire, Chippy Challenge #79
The Vine, Cumnor, Oxfordshire, Chippy Challenge #79
[The Chippy Challenge: to eat more fish and chips in 2014; see original post for details.]
Fish: cod Sides: garden peas and shoestring fries Evaluation: “We are out of chunky chips,” she said as soon as I asked if the kitchen was still open. “Any chips at all?” I asked in reply. “We’ve got fries.” So, that’s how I wound up with shoestring potatoes from a freezer bag. The fish wasn’t great,…
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1st - 9th January 1859
Saturday 1: Saturday - no holiday
Monday 3: Monday - Holyday. To Cumnor, Appleton and Besselsleigh, with R. Thomas.
Thursday 6: Received 4.5 gals. of Ale from Goodwin's.
Friday 7: first number of "Flying Post" appeared.
Saturday 8: paid Mr. Goodwin 1-4-9 for beer from July-December 1858.
Sunday 9: Sunday, Ps.xlvi.10 (text follows)
Unfortunately this doesn't start off very exciting. I promise that there are some interesting bits in a couple of weeks time!
1 - :(
3 - A walk of anything up to 16 miles, according to Google Maps.
6 - 36 pints
7 - Which 'Flying Post' is this? The most famous Flying Post of the time was the 'Exeter Flying Post', but that was established in 1763.
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