Evening all

Fortunately, I gave up the car some years ago. If you live in the Smoke it's largely an embarrassment.

Good picture of Corfe Castle in the Guardian today GM. Apparently, they've discovered a kind of balcony where King Willie could have stood and waved to the peasants a bit as now happens at Buck House.

Conservators also found signs that medieval builders took a few shortcuts - the masonry on some walls is far superior to that at the side or rear.

At the top of the east wall, conservators found traces of wooden scaffolding mixed into the mortar to bulk it up.

Pam White, Corfe Castle's community learning officer, said: "The masons probably got to the end of the day, couldn't be bothered to haul up yet another bucket of mortar and threw in a rotting hurdle. It's a timeless bit of bodging that reminds us that this castle might have been grand, but it was built by ordinary people."