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Following on from my thread about the cost of visiting monuments, here are a few shots from the one monument we paid to visit. Actually I made two visits as, following a footpath from our hotel, crossing a field and climbing over a gate brought me onto the 1066 battlefield for free. Took a couple of shots as it started to rain, but I like the sheep in the foreground. We were there at opening time which as the EH staff obviously like a good lay-in in the morning, seeing that it opens at 10.00. A fast approaching storm added a bit of drama to the battlefield shots. As for the ruins. well just the remains of the monks living quarters remain today.
The battle it seems was a near run thing, that unusually lasted all day. The Normans were repulsed a couple of times before eventually killing Harold. My wife who is a linguist, mused that the English language would not exist if Harold had won. People in Britain today would speak a form of German Harold had won that day.
Everything shot on my Z7 with 24-200 14-30 and I also used my 24PC adapted via FTZ
![DSC_9174 1.jpg DSC_9174 1.jpg](https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/data/attachments/381/381641-d5a59977eb8c5ed67c3af7ee9294a3bd.jpg)
![DSC_9243 1.jpg DSC_9243 1.jpg](https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/data/attachments/381/381642-f2f35d1e5b552683a74ab775b0c25f04.jpg)
![DSC_7295 1.jpg DSC_7295 1.jpg](https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/data/attachments/381/381643-8a65e6f48959f47a27bd1ec6a71bdd2e.jpg)
![DSC_7319 1.jpg DSC_7319 1.jpg](https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/data/attachments/381/381645-cef59f62b9bab04dbf2e4aedea58cbbf.jpg)
![DSC_7336 1.jpg DSC_7336 1.jpg](https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/data/attachments/381/381646-7cf6c3c355b44eb118b364badad7d5c6.jpg)
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The battle it seems was a near run thing, that unusually lasted all day. The Normans were repulsed a couple of times before eventually killing Harold. My wife who is a linguist, mused that the English language would not exist if Harold had won. People in Britain today would speak a form of German Harold had won that day.
Everything shot on my Z7 with 24-200 14-30 and I also used my 24PC adapted via FTZ
![DSC_9174 1.jpg DSC_9174 1.jpg](https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/data/attachments/381/381641-d5a59977eb8c5ed67c3af7ee9294a3bd.jpg)
![DSC_9243 1.jpg DSC_9243 1.jpg](https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/data/attachments/381/381642-f2f35d1e5b552683a74ab775b0c25f04.jpg)
![DSC_7295 1.jpg DSC_7295 1.jpg](https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/data/attachments/381/381643-8a65e6f48959f47a27bd1ec6a71bdd2e.jpg)
![DSC_7319 1.jpg DSC_7319 1.jpg](https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/data/attachments/381/381645-cef59f62b9bab04dbf2e4aedea58cbbf.jpg)
![DSC_7336 1.jpg DSC_7336 1.jpg](https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/data/attachments/381/381646-7cf6c3c355b44eb118b364badad7d5c6.jpg)
![DSC_9255 1.jpg DSC_9255 1.jpg](https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/data/attachments/381/381647-0c224890ab4c865db4e8b14cc0865a14.jpg)