Where Was I? .... with two possible answers...

[Brian Smith]

Win a family trip to Disneyland Paris, as guests of MagicBreaks

This week’s prize is a trip to Disneyland Paris for two adults and two children under 12, courtesy of MagicBreaks. They will spend two nights, half-board, at Disney’s Sequoia Lodge and enjoy three days’ entry to the Parks, soaring round a genie lamp in Flying Carpets over Agrabah, zooming alongside Lightning McQueen in the Cars Quatre Roues Rallye and riding the Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster, starring Aerosmith. Special events in 2018 include Marvel Summer of Super Heroes, with Spider-Man, Iron Man, Black Widow and many more.

The prize includes return Eurostar travel from London St Pancras. It must be taken before September 30, 2018, subject to availability and excluding public holidays; book by July 31.

MagicBreaks specialises in great-value family trips to Disneyland Paris, with plenty of magical extras. Its breaks include 15% off meals at the Earl of Sandwich and Planet Hollywood, a call from Mickey Mouse and a Disney activity book. For details, or to book, call 0330 880 5092 or visit magicbreaks.co.uk.

The gatehouse is the most impressive part of this ruined castle. In the 15th century, it belonged to a poet’s son, five times Speaker of the House of Commons and sometime chief butler of the country. Walking south, I cross the river and soon reach a battlefield. Here, one October 27, more than 25,000 men fought for three hours or so. A second, earlier battle was fought two miles south-southwest - this time by almost 30,000.

Returning north, I retrieve the jalopy and continue my journey. Thus, in heading south, I pass through the town on whose outskirts the battles were fought. A former rector of the town was the first graduate (the "class of 1642") of a famous university, founded in 1636. Two miles southeast, I stumble across something about which I had quite forgotten. Dating from 1941, it was regularly in the news. That particular story started in 1981, and what a colourful place it was. First yellow, then turquoise, blue, orange, green, red and more. Now it’s all history.

Next I head five miles southwest to an 18th-century country house. It was refaced during the 19th century by an architect who was knighted in 1852, and is the ancestral home of a well-known family (motto: one I will serve). Its earldom was created in 1793; the best-known of the earls was born here in 1866. I, though, make my way a mile southeast, where I take the steep climb to the top of an 856ft hill. Said earl was buried here, having died overseas in 1923, and it is the site of an Iron Age hillfort. The earl, I might add, was associated with something every bit as ancient.

1 Who was the poets son? THOMAS CHAUCER

2 What is the name of the town? NEWBURY

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