Sussex

We stayed in Sussex for most of our trip to England.  Many thanks to brother and sister-in-law Tony and Jean for their wonderful hospitality.  Sussex lies immediately south of London and backs onto the English Channel. It is a lovely county and has a lot of rural charm.  We visited a number of places including a museum devoted to old houses.  Some of them going back to the early middle ages.

Tudor House

It was very interesting to walk around these dwellings that have been brought from all over the South of England.  Of course the houses were mostly the properties of well to do people, as the lower orders lived in wattle and daub shacks.  That's willows woven and then plastered with mud, dirt, and yes, even manure.  They didn't always last through storms.

Open fires were burning in some of the houses and after an hour or two we all smelt of the embers.

But we did sample some bread straight from the oven made by one of the docents there.  It was OK, but a little tasteless.

It was also nice to see livestock wandering around in a natural state.  I particularly liked the sheep; their coats were extremely oily.

Saxon church in Singleton - over 1000 years old



Weald and Downland Museum



Chichester Cathedral - 900 years old