Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Blame it on the Postcard

Interesting. I started this entry yesterday (9/11), but didn't actually finish and post it until today (9/12), and yet it's still dated for yesterday. Anyways....

One of the postcards in the Visitor Centre is divided into 4 quadrants, each showing a different historic church in the Borough of Woking. All 4 had visiting hours during Heritage Open Days (last Thursday - Sunday), so my mission was to go inside every one of them. The closest church was a 20 minute walk north of our flat, and we got a nice view of the town centre.

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The farthest church was a 75 minute walk south of our flat, but you could still see the tallest buildings of the town centre way in the distance.

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So what were the 4 churches? On Thursday I went to St Nicholas' in Pyrford, as shown in my previous post. On Saturday morning Dave and I climbed the tower of St Mary's in Horsell. That afternoon he and Chris toured the British Railways electrical control room, while I visited Shah Jehan Mosque.

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After meeting Henry VII and company at Woking Palace on Sunday afternoon, Chris biked home. Dave and I continued on to St Peter's in Old Woking. (They're starting to look alike, aren't they?) After seeing the oldest door in Surrey, Dave ran home.

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That left me on my own to follow the footpaths to St Edward's in Sutton Park. By Sunday night my feet were very sore, but it was definitely worth it!

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