Shamus O'Reilly:
Stratford is full of wonderful buildings- this happy chappy was sitting outside a coffee shop
Shamus O'Reilly:
Shakespeare is the most quoted author in literature, so lets add one more - "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest!"
Shamus O'Reilly:
I was so excited by the 26 misericordes, some depicting 15th century domestic violence!
Shamus O'Reilly:
Shakespeare memorial - his widow said that the bust didn’t even look like him! *tisk*
Shamus O'Reilly:
Jody had worked in the attic, so in full archaeology mode she told me about Hall's Croft - home of Shakespeare's daughter
Shamus O'Reilly:
Jody (my personal guide) showed me the carpenters marks for an "Elizabethan Ikea house"
Shamus O'Reilly:
Rollright Stones have associated folktales involving a witch who tricked a king and his men and turned them to stone - *never* trust witches!