Hello.
Welcome to this week's video where I share with you some things that you would see if you were cruising down the River Wey
and stopping at Guildford.
Once you moor up, walk into the town and go in search of St Mary's church.
It has a very interesting history dating back from 1050...
but I went in search of someone from a more recent time.
Do you know who Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is?
The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson?
He was a preacher who preached in this beautiful church dating back from 1050
but he had another name.
Do you know who it was?
He was Lewis Carroll
and his family came to live in Guildford.
He was never resident there but he did preach in this beautiful church.
He created Alice and wrote the stories Alice in Wonderland and
Alice Through the Looking Glass.
In Guildford there are a couple of sculptures that commemorate those two books.
Here is Alice and her sister, reading by the river...
and there is the white rabbit!
He's about to dart into the hole!
Alice is wondering where he's going and there starts the story!
There are a couple of businesses in the city that have taken on characters names from Alice.
One is the March Hare whom Alice sat at the table with during the tea party.
This is a pub restaurant in Guildford bearing the same name...
and secondly
there is the Mad Hatter.
This is a ladies milliner's store
We go in search now of Alice Through the Looking Glass.
These turrets look like they come out of a fairy tale.
Let's see what's beyond.
As we walk through, looking left and right,
we can see lots of plants and it's almost like you're going into some magical kingdom!
Here's a sign that says Alice Garden!
As we walk down the slope, a beautiful sculpture of Alice going through the looking glass emerges.
[Music]
Whilst in Guildford, we met a busker. Seb Guettier is his name and he played guitar and sang.
He has a beautiful voice and a lovely guitar style but in our search for the arts busking and music in the streets is another aspect of it.
When you come to visit Guildford I wonder which buskers you'll see!
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If you know of anywhere on the canal system that has artwork,
please make a comment below so that I can add it to my list of places to visit whilst I'm on the boat.
Please join me again next week for next week's video,
and until then,
byeee!