On Wednesday 1st I decided to ‘get a
little culture’ so reassembled the cycle dingied it to shore and cycled over
the bridge to Yorktown Battlefield where the British were defeated to end the
war of independence, and also where the final stages of the civil war were fought
out, the battlefields have been preserved and excavated, all very interesting
with good displays.
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| Yorktown Battlefield |
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| Victory Memorial, first Lady of liberty hit by lightening |
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| Yorktown village |
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| Yorktown village |
On Thursday 2nd I cycled again in to Yorktown
and caught the free busses ( I had to change in Williamsburg) to Jamestown, the
site of the first successful British settlement in the USA and also site of
fighting in the civil war, the site is still being excavated again with excellent
displays guided tours, also with a recreated Indian village, fort and replica
boats with people in period dress to explain what is there and what they are
doing, not as cheesy as it sounds, only downside apart from the heat (we are
still in a heatwave here) was the change of bus meant that I only had about
three hours before having to return to Williamsburg for the Yorktown
connection.
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| Pocahontas ans chapel Jamestown |
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| Indian village |
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| Inside wigwam |
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| Canoe making and arrow making |
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| Fort |
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| Blacksmith |
With all the cycling and walking my legs started complaining so I
took Friday as an easy day and scrubbed the green beard at water level all
around the boat, and refilled water and fuel tanks, my gas tank has finally run
out, put on in Newry just before leaving! No hardship as I have spares on
board.
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