The weather was a little iffy but Vivian came to see fall foliage and we wanted her to see it. From the Blue Ridge Parkway we took the Heintoga Ridge Road to Balsam Mountain Road to Big Cove Road. We were a mile high on a mountain trail limited to one way auto traffic. It’s like hiking the Appalachian Trail without having to actually hike.
The purpose of our trek to Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham in the southwest of London was to see a recently recovered bronze bust of the Emperor Caligula but we discovered so much more in the recently restored 18th Century “little Gothic castle” built by Horace Walpole.
London’s Imperial War Museum in Southwark founded even as the First World War raged offers insights into the myriad costs of the wars of the 20th and 21st Centuries. It was a most disquieting but valuable reminder of the myriad costs of war.
The two of us have long been fascinated with the history of canals and their role in the history of transportation, industrialization, and more recently recreation. This stay in London has given us new opportunities to explore and learn more about how canals contributed to the growth of this great city and how they are being used and preserved today.
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