The Bayeux tapestry is being loaned to United Kingdom

Yes, I will def go and see it, after the first rush is over.

You're in the Sarthe region aren't you, Ashcombe? The tapestry was hidden in Château de Sourches, not far from Le Mans. Along with artworks of several wealthy Jewish families in Paris.

I feel a Gransnet trip coming on.

Book that charabanc for November😃

We’ve been shamelessly facetious for a while now with no challenges, what’s happening?🤭

Oreo

Book that charabanc for November😃

I'll only accept well behaved Gransnetters!

We didn't know that, escaped, but will look it up. We are just outside Nogent le Bernard, about 30 miles NE of Le Mans.

How lucky for you all that you will have the chance to see it. I was lucky as well; when we went to France in 2016 it was on my list when we stayed in Bayeux. It was a thrill for me to see it, although DH may have found it a bit dull.

I think it is one of those pieces of art that you could view several times, and learn something new each time.

keepingquiet

Bet it's going to be in London...?

Yes, London-centric as per usual.

The rest of us might be lucky enough to see a pic of it in The Guardian.

I don't know Hastings at all. Is there anywhere there it could have gone?

The British Museum doesn’t sound unreasonable to me - and I don’t live in London.

escaped

I don't know Hastings at all. Is there anywhere there it could have gone?

Of course the Battle of Hastings wasn’t at Hastings anyway but at Battle.
Battle of Battle doesn’t have quite the same ring.

windmill1

keepingquiet

Bet it's going to be in London...?

Yes, London-centric as per usual.

The rest of us might be lucky enough to see a pic of it in The Guardian.

I do love London. I don't know if I will get to to see this exhibition though, and neither will thousands of others.

Other cities are available...

I've just checked, and there's a museum in Battle.
A bit titchy though to accommodate 70 metres of cloth.

Allira

If you are into cross stitching at all, Bothy Threads DOES have a number of kits based on the Bayeux Tapestry, so you COULD technically have a portion of it in your living room

(My mother has a BA in French and read the Bayeux Tapestry, obviously a copy, not the original, as part of a course on medieval French literature. I am planning to buy these kits and make them for her at some point.)

RosieandherMaw

escaped

I don't know Hastings at all. Is there anywhere there it could have gone?

Of course the Battle of Hastings wasn’t at Hastings anyway but at Battle.
Battle of Battle doesn’t have quite the same ring.

Tho the town was only named Battle after the battle.😄

keepingquiet

windmill1

keepingquiet

Bet it's going to be in London...?

Yes, London-centric as per usual.

The rest of us might be lucky enough to see a pic of it in The Guardian.

I do love London. I don't know if I will get to to see this exhibition though, and neither will thousands of others.

Other cities are available...

But….. Manchester or Truro or Birmingham are a step too far for many as well.

Don't forget who embroidered it in the first place.
Although commissioned by Bishop Odo for Bayeux cathedral, and the exact individuals who embroidered it remain a mystery, historians generally agree that it was likely made in England, possibly in Kent, by Anglo-Saxon women skilled in embroidery.

I didn't know that RosieandherMaw
How interesting .
When I saw the Danish replica last year, it was the first time I had seen it properly in all its gory, glory.

How it has survived so long is a miracle.

I enjoy the great tapestry of Scotland at Galashiels which takes more than one visit to see properly and the Quaker tapestry in Kendal is another worth seeing.
www.greattapestryofscotland.com
www.quaker-tapestry.co.uk

RosieandherMaw

Don't forget who embroidered it in the first place.
Although commissioned by Bishop Odo for Bayeux cathedral, and the exact individuals who embroidered it remain a mystery, historians generally agree that it was likely made in England, possibly in Kent, by Anglo-Saxon women skilled in embroidery.

I don't think we could use that as an excuse for keeping it, though.

Using that logic we could insist on repossessing all goods made by British workers over the centuries and sold out of the country

And, as far a Bishop Odo is concerned, England was part of Normandy, by conquest, so the 'tapestry' just went to another part of Normandy...

And did you know - according to my book from the museum - that hundreds of peppercorns were stitched into the hems and have successfully deterred mites over the years. Clever people those stitchers.

Another thing I didn't know escaped.
I could do with some of their expertise here.

Peppercorns!

Do spiders dislike them? Could I hang some in the conservatory?

I’m sure that, when I had an infestation for flour mites, they got into everything, including my peppercorns because I still keep everything in airtight containers and also wrap them in cling film. But maybe there are different mites. Bay leaves deter flour mites ( but having put them everywhere I found that they were poisonous to dogs so I’ve had to remove them). Given the battles I’ve had recently with bugs I don’t know how National Trust properties keep on top of things like that.

Bay leaves deter flour mites ( but having put them everywhere I found that they were poisonous to dogs so I’ve had to remove them).

Oh, who knew! Thank you.

We have a bay tree, must watch the dog when he visits.

I've just thought it might be my rushed translation earlier, because les mites are also moths in French. That would make more sense.