Within an hours reach of Brighton is the lovely town of Arundel – a perfect daytrip from Brighton.

Welcome to Arundel Castle, in Arundel, West Sussex, England . . . I love wandering around old castles in Europe. The Arundel Castle was "remodeled" and expanded around 1300AD, and the initial castle built around 1100AD . . . it's always interesting to me how castles were often times remodeled WELL before the United States was even in EXISTENCE! :) For more info on Arundel Castle (one of my favorite castles), please check out: http://www.arundelcastle.org/_pages/01_castle.htm In addition to the castle (which also has a restaurant), the grounds include a beautiful old chapel, and gardens, and the town of Arundel is the quintessential old English town, which also has a beautiful large cathedral called “Cathedral of Our Lady & St. Philip Howard” that I also did a video on. Here are the video links to the Cathedral video on both YouTube and LiveVideo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4vuRQidKBw and http://www.livevideo.com/video/DCE207A0164D4629A6CB4C4C3165AADC/-cathedral-of-our-lady-and-st-.aspx For castle history buffs, this website has lots of detailed info on the Arundel Castle: http://www.castles-abbeys.co.uk/Arundel-Castle.html The song is “Scarborough Fair” by Amy Nuttall.

Arundel is one of the most breathtaking small English towns, due to its location upon the Arun valley as well as the majestic Arundel Castle which towers over the city like a giant stone guardian.

This is the BEAUTIFUL Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in England. The cathedral is one of the more majestic of the England cathedrals and churches I’ve visited. Here is some more background information on the cathedral, obtained from the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton website: (http://www.dabnet.org/parishes/Arundel/arundelchurch.htm) “The Church of Our Lady and St Philip was the gift of Henry Fitzalan-Howard. 15th Duke of Norfolk. The architect was Joseph Hansom, widely known as the inventor of the Hansom Cab. The style of the Cathedral is French Gothic about 1400. It was commissioned by Henry, XV Duke of Norfolk, in 1868 and opened on 1st July 1873, as the Catholic parish church of Arundel, with pontifical high mass in the presence of Cardinal Manning. It became a Cathedral on the foundation of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in 1965. Its centenary was celebrated on 1st July 1973, with Pontifical High Mass in the presence of Cardinal Heenan.” The song is “Anytime, Anywhere” by Sarah Brightman.

Here is another of my all time favorite romantic songs . . . Eva Cassidy's version of "Fields of Gold". The world lost this beautiful singer when she died WAYYY before her time at the age of 33 from cancer in 1996. (It's why I truly believe that you have to focus on each day of your life . . . you never know when your "personal time clock" will stop ticking.) The other sad thing is that Eva, during her life, was almost totally unknown outside her home area of Washington D.C. and became famous only after her death. The British newspaper "The Guardian" later went on to describe her as "one of the greatest voices of her generation." Her posthumously released recordings have since sold in excess of four million copies, and in early 2001 the compilation album Songbird reached #1 on the UK album charts. It's so sad she never lived to see the recognition she deserved . . . I hope you enjoy her music as much as I do! Here are the links to a wonderful three part series about Eva and her music that was on the American TV show "Nightline"; the series reconfirms the incredible impact her music had, and STILL has on the world: Part One http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd9pWLrjyUg Part Two http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6EelwKYLEU Part Three http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWbTi66Fvj0 The photos for this video are ones I took in England on various trips and from when I used to live over there. The primary castle shown in the video is Arundel Castle, in Arundel, West Sussex, England . . . I love wandering around old castles in Europe and visualizing the dozens of generations of people who have lived & died in them . . . it's amazing to look at stone steps in the castles that have been worn down simply from the thousands of people who have used them over the centures . . . it's also always eerie to visualize the battles that were fought at the castles and contrast those battles with the peaceful tranquility around these castles today . . . The Arundel castle was "remodeled" and expanded around 1300AD, and the initial castle built around 1100AD . . . it's always interesting to me how castles were often times remodeled WELL before the United States was even in EXISTENCE! :) For more info on Arundel Castle (one of my favorite castles for wandering around :) ) please check out: http://www.arundelcastle.org/_pages/01_castle.htm In addition to the castle (which also has a restaurant), the grounds include a beautiful old chapel, and gardens, and the town of Arundel is the quintessential old English town, so yeah, I highly recommend this beautiful place if you ever get to this part of England :) and for castle history buffs, this website has lots of detailed info on the Arundel Castle: http://www.castles-abbeys.co.uk/Arundel-Castle.html

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