Tag: Shaftesbury

• The Circus: The Excursionist XI

  Really great adventures always start with a sign taped to a window of a shop or to a wooden pole along the curb.  At least that’s how I found out about the circus.  We’re not talking about Barnum & Bailey here or even the Big Apple Circus that visits Lincoln Center every winter.  No, this…

  patrickjegan

  March 31, 2019

  Blogging, Creativity, England, Melancholy Thoughts, Objects of Beauty, Real Personal History, Travels

  English country circus, one-ring circus, Shaft, Shaftesbury

• Passports 8: Losing My Way Near Shaftsbury

  All of you know Shaftesbury, in Dorset.  In the town center, just off High Street is Gold Hill.  This is arguably one of the most photographed views in England.  It’s on all the England calendars, Beautiful Britain books and travel brochures.  It was featured in the movie “Far From the Madding Crowd”, when Terrance Stamp…

  patrickjegan

  May 22, 2014

  Blogging, Creativity, England, History, humor, Real Personal History, Things of Bauty, Travels

  Ashcombe Park, bartenders, cows, Dorset, farmers, Footpaths, Gold Hill, Guy Ritchie, Madonna, Nellie, Queen Victoria, Shaftesbury, tree rings, WWII