Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
The Government has recently ended its £750m border security contract with a Raytheon-led consortium and said it had no confidence in the U.S. company.
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£755m UK border contract scrapped
By Lorraine Turner
Friday, 23 July 2010
The Government ended its £750m border security contract with a consortium led by Raytheon yesterday, saying it had no confidence in the [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 26th 2010
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
Earth is so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
Douglas Jerrold
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 25th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, York 2010
This was one of my favourite sweet treats when I was a youngster, I especially liked the taste of the perilous green ones. The pink Quality Street tin on the right also brings back memories, with it’s Victorian images and chocolates double wrapped in foil and cellophane. I used to try and smooth the [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 24th 2010
Filed under Art, Holidays, York 2010
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
26 Comments CherryPie on Jul 24th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes
…After Another Annoying Bout of:
Error establishing a database connection
My web-page was (and still is) working just fine but the server that hosts my Blog was having another of it’s frequent sulks!
On checking my web-page I noticed that I have been neglecting it and it is rather out of date. Something else that I need to [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 23rd 2010
Filed under Art, Holidays, York 2010
An area at the back of the minster was displaying some new stonework and a board near to the carvings informed that:
New stonework copies the original stone and this is carried out by our 24 Masons, Carvers and Apprentices.
Occasionally the removed carving is too decayed to see what it used to be. When this [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 22nd 2010
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, York 2010
The Chapter House is tucked away, hiding behind it’s vestibule and on first view it is both a surprise and delight. The octagonal room was completed in 1286 and is unusual in that it does not have a central column to support the vaulted roof.
From the guidebook:
Used from the 1290s onwards for parliaments by [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 21st 2010
