The room is light and airy, a place I would enjoy dining with my friends. This picture shows it set up for a civil wedding rather than for dining.
Archive for February, 2011
Filed under Holidays, Kent January 2011
Leeds Castle – Dining Room
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 8th 2011
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 7th 2011
Filed under Crookham 2009, Heritage, Holidays
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
A generation which ignores history has no past – and no future.
Robert A. Heinlein
18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 6th 2011
Filed under Books, Science & Nature
The Planets by Dava Sobel
Synopsis (from book cover):
A breathtaking, intimate view of the heavenly bodies in our solar system.
In a unique grand tour, Dava Sobel tells the story of each member of our planetary family – touching on myth, history, astrology, science fiction and the very latest scientific data. Whether revealing what hisdes behind Venus’s cocoon of acid [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 5th 2011
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent January 2011
PhotoHunt – Fashion
This picture is in the Henry VIII Banqueting Hall at Leeds Castle. The hall was created for the visit of Catherine of Aragon on 22nd May, 1520 when he was on route for Dover to embark for Henry’s historic meeting with Francis I of France, known as the Field of the Cloth of Gold.
Fashion [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Feb 4th 2011
Filed under This & That
Weight Loss – Week 27
Still on the downward trend, -0.5lb this week.
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 3rd 2011
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent January 2011
100 Photos 63 :: A log fire
Queen Catherine’s coat of arms, incorporates the three lions of England and the fleurs-de-lys of France, it is lozenge shaped rather than shield-shaped. This signifies that she was a widow.
20 Comments CherryPie on Feb 3rd 2011
