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Day 48: 26th March – Just another ruin

Today’s trivia is on kippers:

A kipper is a whole herring, butterflied from tail to head, salted or brined, and cold-smoked, typically over oak.
The name may come from the Old English cypera (referring to spawning salmon/herring) or German kippen (to tilt/lean).
“Kip” meaning: It can also refer to the kip (small beak) that male salmon/herring develop during breeding season.
While tales often attribute the invention of the kipper to John Woodger of Seahouses in the 19th century, earlier references to kippered fish exist.
Kippers became a staple of the British breakfast in the Victorian/Edwardian era.
Craster, Northumberland is renowned for its traditional, long-smoked “Craster Kippers,” still produced by L. Robson & Sons.
A sardine is not a kipper although it’s a herring. Its smaller and canned whole.

He lied, the waiter wasn’t there but I remembered!

That was 30min I’ll never get back . . .

Located in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, by artist Sean Henry, it was installed on a breakwater structure in 2007. The sculpture is designed to look differently depending on the tide levels and weather conditions. We’ll never know as dont intend to come back unless washed ashore from a ship wreck, which is highly unlikely.

Just a couple more times . . .

We stopped at Fountains Abbey that has no fountains . . .

The free tour, HGiT said the name derives from the monks homage to Peter Damian of Fonte Avellana, no not Harry Belafonte the singer, while th National Trust blurb says from the many streams🤔.

It is one of the largest and best-preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England, founded in 1132. The abbey later became one of the wealthiest in England, largely through the wool trade, The abbey was closed in 1539 by Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

We then did a brief walk around Studley Royal Estate . . .

more fighting . .

The statue isn’t of Anne but is an 18th-century, Carrara marble figure positioned near “Anne Boleyn’s Seat” and got it’s name thanks to what Henry did to his 2nd wife, and a few others.

Reception didn’t say oh, you’ve got the best room in the hotel and you won’t be disappointed. . .