I (sort of) Met My HERO in Wareham

[@shellebelle53]

Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous church...Lawrence of Arabia 👍

[@RM-mm4jr]

What amazing history. There are no words to fully explain how very much I am enjoying "your" holiday. ❤ From Australia

[@Horizon344]

Nicely filmed & presented, thx.

[@wendybrealey8368]

Your enthusiasm is so infectious! You are ticking off all your hero sites. Did you do lots of research prior? I confess to visiting Wareham a few times on trips to see an elderly aunt who lived there and not knowing about that gorgeous Saxon church nor the TE Lawrence connections. Yep they looked like allotments. You usually have to put your name down on a wait list til a plot becomes available they are so popular. Most people grow veggies and herbs. Most local councils also charge an annual fee based on size. People erect a small shed on the plot to keep gardening bits like fertiliser, cheaper tools, and of course the means to brew a cuppa or sit and have a cuppa out of a flask and shelter when the rain pours down.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Rattling through these videos while old age and infirmity are restricting other activity for the moment, I'm struck by the little out of the way things that peak interest. Never had the chance to just stop and visit an allotment area and chat with the locals. Regret it now more than missing another mega tourist attraction. Though I did once spend a few interesting minutes chatting with an elderly lady tending her front garden amid the thatched roofs in the little village of Foxton outside Cambridge.

[@meganluhrs2377]

Glad you met your hero! I found the history just lying around under their feet extraordinary too. Are you keeping a diary in addition to the videolog? I'm wondering how many churches you (and we) will see.

[@johnwilkes7624]

My girlfriend from Egypt had trouble getting a bank account in England at first . She then tried three other banks and was lucky with two . She didn't have evidence of where she was living but unbelievably , because she applied on her smart phone in the house she was staying in ( given as her address ) , two accepted her . Something to do with being able to ' see ' where she was when applying . Think Big Brother must have had a hand in that .

[@HYUKLDER1]

Wareham was not a 'fort' as such with people living in it, it was a town with defensive earth bank walls, topped by stone and wood. St Martin's Church was constructed in around 1030 then restored in 1936 after many years of abandonment.