A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Walter Winchell
Archive for October, 2009
Filed under Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 18th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Crookham 2009, Holidays
Edinburgh Views
It seems that normal service has resumed at least for a while with my internet connection. So now I can share with you the impressive views that can be seen from Edinburgh Castle:
A larger version of the last picture can be viewed here.
18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 18th 2009
Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays
PhotoHunt – Free Week
I saw this very interesting photograph in the museum of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards which is inside Edinburgh Castle. I couldn’t resist trying to get a photo of it and you can probably see that I have managed to get my own reflection in the glass too.
All I can say about the [...]
26 Comments CherryPie on Oct 16th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Crookham 2009, Heritage, Holidays
Edinburgh Castle
It had been a long time since I last visited Edinburgh Castle so during my stay in Northumberland I ventured across the border to see how it had changed since my last visit. I mostly managed to miss the rain. It only rained for 20 minutes in Edinburgh, but back across the border in England [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 15th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Books, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009, Science & Nature
Spending Time at the Royal Institution
Back to my weekend away. This started with a leisurely drive to Orpington where we parked the car and took a brief train ride into London, much easier than struggling to drive through the city. The leisurely drive included a stop for a pub lunch.
On the way to the Royal Institution, I found myself [...]
7 Comments CherryPie on Oct 14th 2009
Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays
Nelly’s Moss Lake at Cragside
How very remiss of me, I nearly left the Cragside Estate before showing you Nelly’s Moss Lake:
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 13th 2009
Filed under This & That
Header Images
My Most observant readers will probably notice that my header images have changed. The previous ones were part of the Wordpress template and I have been meaning for some time to change them for my own photographs. I finally took the plunge and did a bit of Photoshop work to convert the images to pictures [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 13th 2009
