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June 2011 056</image:title><image:caption>The nearest I can get to a photo that shows what The Tabard would have looked like - using the bar at The Royal Victoria and Bull in Dartford </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-066.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 066</image:title><image:caption>Rochester Cathedral</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-126.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 126</image:title><image:caption>Bridge across The Medway</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-062.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 062</image:title><image:caption>Blue Double Decker from Bluewater to Rochester</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-26T23:38:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mattstale.com/2011/08/26/end-to-english-pilgrimages/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - 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On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 059</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-26T16:01:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mattstale.com/2011/08/21/dark-and-desperate-debt-driven-days/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-031.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 031</image:title><image:caption>The Quiet Dartford High Street of the Modern Day</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-10-24T14:47:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mattstale.com/2011/08/20/the-yard-foremans-tale/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-047.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 047</image:title><image:caption>Charlie Olsen and his grandson-in-law</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-035.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 035</image:title><image:caption>The Bar Area - where once the horse and coaches would have been</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-046.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 046</image:title><image:caption>The Yard Foreman</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-030.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 030</image:title><image:caption>The Royal Victoria and Bull, Dartford</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-26T16:42:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mattstale.com/2011/07/31/the-old-coach-road/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/looe-and-cornwall-2011-114.jpg</image:loc><image:title>All set for Dinner down at Looe</image:title><image:caption>All set for Dinner down at Looe</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-04T13:08:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mattstale.com/2011/06/29/shades-of-the-pub-that-mitre-bin-a-chaucer-coaching-inn/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 004</image:title><image:caption>High Street in Greenwich - no shrews in sight! </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 009</image:title><image:caption>Front entrance to t'auld coaching inn</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 011</image:title><image:caption>Locals Inn at The Mitre</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 006</image:title><image:caption>The Mitre Inn, Greenwich</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-02T22:54:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mattstale.com/2011/04/21/the-gardeners-tale/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/allotment-and-barbecue-009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Allotment and Barbecue 009</image:title><image:caption>As the lyrics go:  "If I lay here, what if I lay here?  Show me a garden" </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/allotment-and-barbecue-012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Allotment and Barbecue 012</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/allotment-and-barbecue-008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Allotment and Barbecue 008</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dsc02145.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02145</image:title><image:caption>Wheelbarrow Pete</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/iphone-080.jpg</image:loc><image:title>iPhone 080</image:title><image:caption>The First Barbecue at The Gardener's Residence</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/allotment-and-barbecue-002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Allotment and Barbecue 002</image:title><image:caption>Stumped?  Not this lady!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dsc02144.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02144</image:title><image:caption>The Gardener and The Greenhouse to be</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-29T22:33:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mattstale.com/2011/06/26/raising-and-erasing-spirits/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 001</image:title><image:caption>Getting ready to knock on Heaven's Door</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-003.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 003</image:title><image:caption>Greenland Villa - first stop along The Way. Looked like a regular B &amp; B to start with...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-018.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 018</image:title><image:caption>The bed that I did sleep well in </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-017.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 017</image:title><image:caption>The spa bath I never took - but maybe one day?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-025.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 025</image:title><image:caption>Leeli, the lawyer and landlady, on the lounge suite in the reception at Greenland Villa</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-026.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 026</image:title><image:caption>First Shrine along The Way</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/matts-tale-on-the-road-to-canterbury-june-2011-002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matts Tale - On The Road to Canterbury - June 2011 002</image:title><image:caption>An feng shui ornament that says:  "Evil Spirits beware - do not enter here!"</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-26T01:17:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mattstale.com/2011/06/03/the-double-double-decker-to-deptford-and-beyond/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/nbflsml.jpg</image:loc><image:title>nbflsml</image:title><image:caption>The New Big Red Bus About to hit London's streets - hopefully restoring charm of the old Routemaster</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dsc00531.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Big Red Bus Strikes OUT</image:title><image:caption>Big Reds Stop Here!  The sign on the reconstruction billboard read afterwards</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-09-14T21:45:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mattstale.com/2011/05/30/where-the-ocean-meets-the-sky/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pembrokeshire-in-wales-april-2011-0171.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pembrokeshire in Wales - April 2011 017</image:title><image:caption>Celtic cross in the center of St. David's - perhaps marking the point where best to see the setting sun over the sea</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dsc00525.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dreaming of a Ship and a Star to Steer her by</image:title><image:caption>Dreaming of a Ship, and a Star to steer her by</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/dsc00524.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A Tale of The Sun and The Moon</image:title><image:caption>Down to the sea - at Whitstable, on the Kentish coast</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-31T22:05:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mattstale.com/2011/05/25/the-seafarers-merry-tale-of-the-millenium/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/300px-maxim_gorkiy_helsinki_2006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>300px-Maxim_Gorkiy_Helsinki_2006</image:title><image:caption>Maxim Gorkiy - a super cruise liner</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pembrokeshire-in-wales-april-2011-1271.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pembrokeshire in Wales - April 2011 127</image:title><image:caption>Beat's Seafarer's Retreat - Fronhaul in Pembrokeshire, Wales</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/aegean_one.jpg</image:loc><image:title>aegean_one</image:title><image:caption>The Aegean I - ship used for The Millenium Cruise by The World Cruise Company</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-30T18:00:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mattstale.com/2011/05/18/sea-further/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pembrokeshire-in-wales-april-2011-124.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pembrokeshire in Wales - 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April 2011 011</image:title><image:caption>St. David's Cathedral - making it St. David's City</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pembrokeshire-in-wales-april-2011-017.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pembrokeshire in Wales - April 2011 017</image:title><image:caption>The Celtic Cross at the heart of St. David's</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pembrokeshire-in-wales-april-2011-056.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pembrokeshire in Wales - April 2011 056</image:title><image:caption>Look back across the carpark and you can just make out the site</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pembrokeshire-in-wales-april-2011-055.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pembrokeshire in Wales - April 2011 055</image:title><image:caption>The pathway next to the sign showing the pilgrim site </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pembrokeshire-in-wales-april-2011-054.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pembrokeshire in Wales - 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Italianate</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-03-31T18:40:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mattstale.com/2011/03/30/whither-shall-i-wander/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mattstale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/1539331_9283bfe6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1539331_9283bfe6</image:title><image:caption>The New Inn - smallest pub in England at the time in 1991. 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