Southern England and Wales on Globe Trekker (home, public schools)

[Six Foot Three]

Just thought i'd post this as i'm not sure if it's on TV in Britain but there is a show called Globe Trekker on PBS here in the U.S.State's in which the host Ian Wright (British) visits and tours a different country or island etc around the world each week and today he toured Southern England and Wales and i just wanted to say it's very beautiful there as i'm jealous .

He started at the White Cliffs at Dover then on to Canterbury and to the Cathedral there where Thomas Beckett was murdered by Henry II in 1170 and then on to the Glastonbury as a HUGE festival was going on as it looked like Woodstock as everyone was just crazy and having a blast and covered with mud as i wish i was there with them. Then on to the coastline at Port Isaac in North Cornwall as some of the best Beach Surfing is there then to Eden Project which looked like a super large Botanical Garden.

Then on to to Portsmouth as i really want to visit that city as it is England's Naval Capital as i was in the U.S. Navy so i'd feel right at home there. They were featuring the reinactment of the Battle of Trafalgar.in which Admiral Nelson defeated Napoleon's Navy correct?? Then on to a Boy's School where i laughed at the terms used like f.a.g. as that was a servant and when he shined someone's shoes for example that's fagging and of course that means homosexuality in the States so i chucked at hearing that term used like that. Then to Chiipping Campden where the Shin Kicking Festival was going on (interesting and painful...lol...) and lastly to Snowdonia which is the highest mountain in Wales as the view on the top was spectacular. Also i didn't realise that Welch is Europe's oldest continuous language.

Sorry so long but i wanted to post about what i saw on the show as Southern England and Wales was very cool to see.

[Raggy dee Ann]

Originally Posted by 6/3

Just thought i'd post this as i'm not sure if it's on TV in Britain but there is a show called Globe Trekker on PBS here in the U.S.State's in which the host Ian Wright (British) visits and tours a different country or island etc around the world each week and today he toured Southern England and Wales and i just wanted to say it's very beautiful there as i'm jealous .

He started at the White Cliffs at Dover then on to Canterbury and to the Cathedral there where Thomas Beckett was murdered by Henry II in 1170 and then on to the Glastonbury as a HUGE festival was going on as it looked like Woodstock as everyone was just crazy and having a blast and covered with mud as i wish i was there with them. Then on to the coastline at Port Isaac in North Cornwall as some of the best Beach Surfing is there then to Eden Project which looked like a super large Botanical Garden.

Then on to to Portsmouth as i really want to visit that city as it is England's Naval Capital as i was in the U.S. Navy so i'd feel right at home there. They were featuring the reinactment of the Battle of Trafalgar.in which Admiral Nelson defeated Napoleon's Navy correct?? Then on to a Boy's School where i laughed at the terms used like f.a.g. as that was a servant and when he shined someone's shoes for example that's fagging and of course that means homosexuality in the States so i chucked at hearing that term used like that. Then to Chiipping Campden where the Shin Kicking Festival was going on (interesting and painful...lol...) and lastly to Snowdonia which is the highest mountain in Wales as the view on the top was spectacular. Also i didn't realise that Welch is Europe's oldest continuous language.

Sorry so long but i wanted to post about what i saw on the show as Southern England and Wales was very cool to see.

Was this the first time you heard of Glastonbury? It happens every year...google it. And the f.a.g. tradition? Once you are aware of our public schools (private to you) you can make sense of a lot of things about British culture. It wasn't just serving your f a g master, but boys also had to deal with some sadistic teachers.

Here is a link

untitled (http://www.archivist.f2s.com/cpa/written/****/fagmaster.htm - broken link)

It's worth taking a trip here if you can.

[Six Foot Three]

Originally Posted by Raggy dee Ann

Was this the first time you heard of Glastonbury? It happens every year...google it. And the f.a.g. tradition? Once you are aware of our public schools (private to you) you can make sense of a lot of things about British culture. It wasn't just serving your f a g master, but boys also had to deal with some sadistic teachers.

Here is a link

untitled (http://www.archivist.f2s.com/cpa/written/****/fagmaster.htm - broken link)

It's worth taking a trip here if you can.

Yeap that's the first i've heard of Glastonbury and the Fest there as it just looked like a blast as they were even camping in the mud and all.

Thanks for the link as that was interesting about ''fagging'' (serving) and the f.a.g.s (servants) in those schools as it's still strange to say that term in that sense as it's such an underground word here in North America as even City Data won't even let you spell it on here as you have to separate the letters with a period.

[Mag3.14]

The f.a.g stuff doesn't really happen anymore, and was only tradition at Eton college, and at £26k per year is the most expensive high school in the world. I had a tour there a couple of weeks back.. very interesting but certainly not typical of english schools.

Glastonbury is a very famouse festival held each year in somerset. This years main act was Jay Z, and whilst we are a bit behind on the rap scene, he was awesome!

[richt71]

Glastonbury is a legendry festival held in a field in Somerset for years over 3 days. With a headline act on each day. Unfortunately this year was the first year it didn't sell out. Many think it was due to increasing festival competition, the camping area flooding badly for the last few fesivals (like upto 4 foot of water) and the choice of headliners - Jay Z. The Festival is usually targeted at rock,pop, indie and chill out groups. I went about 6 years ago and it's great if you don;t mind getting soaking wet and muddy plus don't need the bathroom for 3/4 days! (imagine over 100,000 using like 500 portable toilets for 4 days!).