A Walk Around Dorchester UK

So on a bored day the overwhelmingly fuck’it’teching took its roots good and firm. The urge to drive, stop at some place random, walk its roads, screw around with what it looked like before my feet hit the ground hit hard. So I found myself wandering rather aimlessly through Dorchester.

So I hit this coffee bar for some much needed breakfast to soak up the night before booze with coffee. I’m sure someone deep and brooding could do something with a camera here at the coffee bar/styled saloon. But genuinely... can’t be bothered... normally I’m enthusiastic about coffee places but this place sucked regarding wait time...but... the coffee was good. Took forever... but was good.

This is a township that reeks of a grim history. People live and work around it but there is a... well.... in your face Masonic oak that smacks you at every turn. Whether it’s the tombs and graves of former loan sharks, or the bloody legacy of George Jeffries (The hanging judge of the 17th century) or the death of catholic’s under Elizabeth the 1st... pretty much every corner is steeped in a place where someone got a bad deal.

So we slipped into this church that is now owned by the council (county for you Americans). Apparently it’s closed to the public. I simply played my best dumb southern American (my oddly native accent being raised between to countries) and plead ignorance that I wasn’t aware the public wasn’t allowed in.... they shouldn’t have left the door unlocked to the church to be fair though. I normally would just walk in, pray quickly, then admire quietly. ... I grabbed as many photos as I could before being shuffled out and being called a dumb American tourist.... meh. I’m British but the part of my family I was raised with is Southern (deep.. never miss an opening day for deer season) American. I tend to play dumb tourist when slipping past a rule or two....well...that or a faux Irish accent.

Either works. All that’s needed is some dumb shit uni educated toft who thinks less of other people. After that you can get away with pretty much whatever when it comes down to walking into places you shouldn’t be as long as you lean on their sense of innate superiority...sad but true. .... I have slipped into some pretty cool places on just that point though.

So I did catch these pics of the closed church and what the local government is exhuming from the grounds.

I travel a lot... and I mean a lot. However this is a town that is proud of its death.... I don’t mean that lightly. The center is a former stone circle (like Stonehenge) that was ripped down by the Romans and it latter became a place of public execution for the disobedient masses. Over six hundred deaths by be heading or hanging /strangulations/burning in one ten year period.... all done in the deliberate location of the towns centre. It’s a town that boast it’s innocent deaths, and if you’re walking through it.... well... it’s hard to shake an austere feeling....a foreboding feeling.

It celebrates its judges though... even though it regrets it’s burnings, hangings, and “justice” for those once against the crown. It’s almost impossible to shake a certain nasty feeling when walking through the town simply because every spot you walk past yesterday’s criminals who were killed are today’s martyrs.

The entire town centre revolves around where a monument the size of Stone Henge once sat... and yes... more than one “crown” appointed justice has ordered death in its centre. Make of that weird fact what you will. Today a police station sits on to the right of the old hub. Definitely a weird spot.

You know though... despite the overcast almost grim weather I did find a optimistic point to the town which was its brewery. But that’s for the next post. Not me being cheeky... it’s genuinely a Disneyland of beer so it will eat my next posting and there’s no way I can fit it in one. I wish I could. Either way guys, I hope you enjoyed this little look inside Dorchester. It’s a fascinating place with stuck up, lovely, and cautious locals. It’s and odd place... a sad place... yet oddly remarkable when you consider its building, death, and overall significance in history. Well guys, I’ll finish with more photos but if you made it this far thanks for reading. As always I look forward to checking out all your awesome posts and projects. Keep on Steeming.

Thank you again for reading guys. Steem on.

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