This was taken near one of the castles mentioned in my recent castle quiz. Where or what is it?
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Archive for September, 2009
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you’ll never find it.
C. P. Snow
22 Comments CherryPie on Sep 6th 2009
Filed under Heritage
Do You Know Your Castles?
What is unusual about Richard’s Castle on the Shropshire/Hereford border?
What was significant about the fall of Bamburgh Castle in 1464?
What do Deal, Pendennis, Hurst and Walmer Castles have in common?
Which English castle underwent a major siege in 1266?
Of what type of castle is Beaumaris an example?
What did Sir Walter Scott call Norham Castle, which overlooks [...]
23 Comments CherryPie on Sep 5th 2009
Filed under This & That
PhotoHunt – Orange
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
34 Comments CherryPie on Sep 4th 2009
…Or the Murder at Road Hill House.
Synopsis (from book cover):
It is midnight on 30th June 1860 and all is quiet in the Kent family’s elegant house in Road, Wiltshire. The next morning, however, they wake to find their youngest son has been the victim of an unimaginably gruesome murder. Even worse, the guilty party is [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 3rd 2009
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Frank Meadow Sutcliffe
Posting pictures of sailing ships reminded me of the work of Frank Meadow Sutcliffe who used the medium of photography as art. He was born in Headingly, Leeds in October 1853 and started work as a portrait photographer in Tunbridge wells before moving to Whitby where he set up a photographic business. When in Whitby [...]
30 Comments CherryPie on Sep 2nd 2009
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Photo Meme
Liz has tagged me with this photo meme. I am not sure what you will make of the picture…
This was a work related visit where we were treated to a mad ride in a Warrior. We were encouraged to stand up whilst we were driven over what is called the knife edge. I [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 2nd 2009
