The rider in blue normally has a Lady riding sidesaddle in front of him but She didn´t fit along with the smiling kniggit. As with my Version HERE, they don´t fit 100% comfortably anyway.
The other two are from..er??..I´ve forgotten which set
and for a bit of a Change.....
The "heroes", Lord Brashford and Lt. Tompkins, Achmed and thier Faithfull mule Dobin went on a jaunt to Xanten..and amazingly, unlike previous trips out, like the one where Tompkins caught crabs!!!! or their picnick in South africa!!!(how they got out of that no-one knows!) this time they had no terrible mishaps.
A visit to the Roman town .View from the Ampitheatre towards the workers houses.
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The Hafentempel (Harbor temple) |
Looking at the amazing high altar of the Xanten Cathedral (St. Victor's Cathedral) |
and the pics taken by "others"
Kriemhild windmill. Built onto the town wall around the end of the 14th Cent as a Bärwindmühle (a fortified Tower with a windmill added) rebuilt over the centuries and re-used for different things, like a gardenhouse or quarters for the Nightwatch , it still is in use today.
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Klever Tor (Cleves Gate) First built in 1393- re-built in 1843 |
Lovely collection Paul and great to see Lord Brashford out and about again, we were worried about him for a while.
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