Stone Age Briton

Yes here he is, just 5000 years after the great stonehenge was built on a remote hill near Amesbury Wiltshire England, Mystic Briton enjoys the feel of history surrounding the place.

He was not allowed to go inside the circle, but got a good look from the outside at this stone circle which many believe was used as a portal to the unknown many years ago. It is a fact that the stones are alligned so that on the longest and shortest days, the sun sets through the centre of two pairs of the inner stones.

Briton Visits Eger's Hall of Heroes

Deep under Eger Castle in Hungary is the Hall of Heroes. Carvings from the destroyed Cathedral can be seen and the marble tombstone of Istvan Dobo, the heroic castellan of the 1552 seige by the Turks.

Here is a picture taken by Mystic Briton of that very place, deep underneath this great castle were many winding corridors of death. The cool dark dismal places where prisoners were taken to the dungeons to meet their maker show the true evil of war and bring home the reality which Age of Kings shrouds us from....

Mystic Briton Visits Culloden

During his recent holiday the Mystic Briton put his chariot to good work and visited Culloden, the battlefield where the Celts fought on April 16th 1746 and was the last battle on British soil. It was between Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Duke of Cumberland, and incredibly was not between the British and the Celts, but indeed a kind of civil war between Celts and Celts! The Princes army was made up of mainly highlanders but political beliefs dictated which side people would fight on.

We asked the Mystic Briton about his holiday and he said "the highlight must have been when I saw a real trebuchet!!" - it was sighted at Urquhart Castle on the banks of Loch Ness. Mystic Briton also stayed the night at a haunted castle in the highlands of Scotland and held a real sword.

Mystic Briton uses a bracer

During his recent holiday down in the south west of England, Mystic Briton had the opportunity to try his hand at archery.

Armed with bodkin arrows he put on a real bracer and shot at targets about 5 metres away and guess what, he hit the target every time!

"I will definately have to start using my archers a bit more often" said Briton afterwards

The Joan Of Arc's deathbed seen by the Briton

For his 40th Birthday Mystic Briton visited France. He went to Rouen the place where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. Mystic Briton certainly likes to get close to the Age of Kings history and see it for himself.

While he was there he also visited Bayeaux, a town near Cherbourg in Normandy, where the great William the conqueror came from, the only foreign invader to ever defeat the British, Briton said "I have ancestral links back to William the Conqueror, so I thought I should visit the place where he came from!

The Briton visits a great Castle

The Mystic Briton had a holiday in May 2000 during which he visited Middleham Castle. This stands in the Yorkshire Dales in North England near a town called Leyburn. The Briton walked the very same places as the great Richard III, as this castle was his home from 1483!!!

"It was fantastic to walk up the very spiral staircases that Richard III must have walked over 500 years ago" said Briton. "It certainly gave me inspiration for Age of Kings mounting the very battlements as the great King did. He died at the Battle of Bosworth aged only 31, at least I have lasted longer than that!" said Mystic Briton.

"Richard was defeated at Bosworth (one of the wars of the roses), which is in Leicestershire by Henry, who later became King Henry VII."

Our leader certainly knows a lot about his civ, no wonder he's called the Mystic Briton!

During Mystic Hun's recent trek back to her home country, she visited Buda Castle in Budapest, only to find a painting of a real Hungarian Hussar in the art gallery!

She thought it was so impressive that she has supplied us with this photograph of the actual painting!

Mystic Hun in a real Hungarian Castle!

Well, here it is folks. This is the Castle in Eger (Eastern Hungary), and its our very own Mystic Hun standing beside the walls which are over 10 metres thick in places!

This is one of the most famous castles in Hungarian history, built in the 11th Century, it is famous as being the place where 2000 Huns held off 80,000 Turkish soldiers to prevent them from creating a complete stranglehold on Hungary in the 16th Century.

Mystic Briton Shows off his Cannon!

Well he's dangerous enough when you come up against him on the net, but here in real life, only a fool would stand in front of the cannon with Briton on the controls !

Dating from the middle ages, this actual cannon was shot at the Turks to prevent them from overcoming the Huns against overwhelming odds.

Briton Lies Ludlow

During the Autumn of 2002, with just two weeks left before the release of AOM Briton and Hun visited Ludlow Castle in Shropshire.

This is a 12th century castle with plenty of history attached to it, plus its in very good condition.

Fit for a Prince!

During the Summer of 2002, Briton and Hun visited the great Caernarfon Castle in North West Wales. This caslte is famous for the inaugaration of the Current prince of Wales, Prince Charles.

His inaugaration took place in the early 1970's and he shall hold this position until he becomes King of England, after the current Queen Elizabeth's reign.

The hills are alive with the sound of Briton

Briton and Hun enjoyed their visit to the Austrian city of Salzburg so much that they didn't actually get to see inside the museums of this great 111th century castle, however, they did walk around it and you can see what they saw from the top here:

This city was full of churches and a large cathedral in the middle! This is because the city houses the prince Arch-Bishop, he lives in a building adjacent to the cathedral, called the Residenz. You can see on of its glamerous rooms here:

Hun of Arc

Early in 2002 Hun and Briton visited Paris and then went on to Orleans. This is where Joan of Arc was born. It was here that she mounted a defence to the English in the 15th century which stopped them from advancing any further south. This statue of Joan of Arc is in the main square of the city of Orleans.

In the nearby Loire valley, many chateau mark a trail of defence for the French in those war-torn days. One of the most splendid is the one at Chambard.

This chateau is particularly famous because it has a dual spiral staircase, which allows two different sets of people to walk up / down without ever meeting each other!

Briton goes beserk when he sees the Vikings

It was York, England, 2002 when Hun and Briton visited the ancient city of York. Anxious to learn more of Englands' only defeat in their history, Briton visited this great city to discover more of the battle of Stamford Bridge which took place in 1066 just days before the only battle lost by the British at The Battle of Hastings.

This ancient city has many artifacts of the old occupation by the Vikings when they used to call the city Jorvic. Here is the remains of an old viking settlement, dug out of the ground by archeologists:

There is an entire exhibiton of the tools and artifacts used by the vikings, before the English kicked them out in 1066.

It seems that the fight against the Vikings took so many casualties, that King Harold could not raise enough men to beat William the Conqueror a few3 days later in the South.

Pembroke Castle Impresses Briton and Hun

One of the most impressive castles seen so far by Briton and Hun was in the county town of Pembroke, South Wales. The condition of this castle was remarkable bearing in mind that it was originally built in 1093 by the Norman Earl Roger De-Montgomery.

This castle was originally built of timber, but was re-constructed in stone during 1102 by King Henry I of England.

This castle is no longer a Royal castle it is now owned by a private landlord and so is not national trust property. This is most unusual in view of the fact that King Henry VII of England was born at this castle!