Archive for November, 2009

Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009

Chartwell

I was quite surprised this morning when I drew back the curtains, it was a perfect November morning.  I love these foggy mornings  and the autumnal colours;  we just don’t seem to get very many of them these days.  It is difficult to imagine today, that just 4 weeks ago when I visited Kent for [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 9th 2009

Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009

Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
Malcolm X

8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 8th 2009

Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About

PhotoHunt – Veterans/Military

I thought the pictures I took of the Coldstream Guards at the Tower of London were perfect for this week’s PhotoHunt theme. The first picture shows Tower Green and the other two were taken outside Waterloo Barracks where the crown jewels are housed. The Armchair General tells me the cannons are French six-pounders [...]

46 Comments CherryPie on Nov 6th 2009

Filed under Crookham 2009, Heritage, Holidays

The Flodden Memorial

In 1910 the Flodden Monument was erected on Piper’s Hill to remember the fallen of both sides.  The memorial cross is positioned approximately where the English formed their battle lines.  A plaque on the north side of the monument states:
FLODDEN
1513
TO THE BRAVE OF BOTH NATIONS
ERECTED 1910

Ceremonies take place each year to commemorate the fallen:
Since 1951 [...]

11 Comments CherryPie on Nov 5th 2009

Filed under Faith Foundations, This & That

Dona Nobis Pacem

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
Mahatma Gandhi

20 Comments CherryPie on Nov 5th 2009

Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About

Tower Bridge

The Tower of London wall walk provides some great views of Tower Bridge and from this viewpoint the scaffolding and envirowraps are hidden. The bridge is currently undergoing a three year restoration programme of painting works and stone cleaning. This only takes place once per quarter of a century.
I have never been in [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 4th 2009

Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About

The Prawn Pot Incident

No day out is complete without some kind of hitch and Saturday was no different. I have got used to scaffolding obscuring my view so that didn’t worry me too much, in fact it becomes a bit of a challenge to get some decent photographs.
To have more time for exploring I decided it was [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 3rd 2009

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