Synopsys (from book cover):
In the breadth of bitter-sweet Scottish history there is not more poignant, nor more important, battle than Flodden. Before Flodden a proud country under its dynamic Stewart king James IV was emerging as a distinct and flourishing nation within Europe. With defeat the inevitability of Scotland’s reformation and union with England is [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Filed under Books, Crookham 2009, Heritage
Flodden: A Scottish Tragedy by Peter Reese
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 16th 2010
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PhotoHunt – Jiggly
These photos were all hand held in low lighting without using the flash, they have all turned out rather jiggly. I really don’t believe that I am displaying my sub-standard photos for everyone to see!
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
36 Comments CherryPie on Jan 15th 2010
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Virtual Visit Challenge
I saw this fun challenge to undertake a photo tour of where we blog the most. I felt compelled to check back through my archives to bring to you this virtual tour of the place where I blog from. All photos were taking by me from my blogging space.
If you want to see the mosaic [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 14th 2010
The promised snow did arrive over night and it was snowing like the clappers when I got up this morning. As I mentioned yesterday I had no choice but to go into work because I was on Business Improvements Delivering Excellence training. So there was nothing for it but to put my best foot [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jan 13th 2010
Those of you who have been following me for some time will know I have a particular interest in Defence issues. One of the campaigns I have been involved in is about proving that the move (and privatisation) of Defence Training to a new Academy in Wales is not the best option for serving our [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 13th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
Ightham Mote – Gardens and Grounds
I think with all the snow and chilliness that we have been having recently I need to remind everyone of warmer days. We do have more snow forecast overnight, but we have been told we couldn’t use that as an excuse for missing the last session of our Business Excellence Course at work (not that [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 12th 2010
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Defence Committee End of Year Report
I have been saying to my colleagues for some time that I thought that the Defence Support Group was a prime target for privatisation with supporting reasons why. As usual they looked at me as if I was talking in some sort of foreign language and then moved swiftly on. So I was [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 11th 2010
