Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Art, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Douglas is carved from a 140-year-old fallen pine within in the grounds of the Cragside Estate. The artwork was created by Tommy Craggs from Durham.
The latest edition of the National Trust Magazine provides a brief news snippet:
Tree carvings can be seen in places ranging from inner-city Victorian parks to the great landscapes of the National [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 22nd 2014
The suite of rooms includes a steam bath, a cold plunge, a hot bath and a shower, as well as water closets and a changing room. They are the lowest and the first completed part of Norman Shaw’s first addition to the original house. His plan, which shows that modifications were still being [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 21st 2014
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 20th 2014
Filed under Gardens, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Information about the rock garden can be found in this previous post of mine.
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 19th 2014
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
The historic Iron Bridge within the grounds of Cragside was re-opened in 2009 for the first time in nearly 30 years. The 19th century bridge spans the Debdon Burn and until that time the grade II listed bridge had been closed due to safety concerns.
It is now possible for visitors to walk across the bridge, [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 18th 2014
Genesis 6
12 And the Lord said: “Behold, I shall send a flood over the land, for I am sore weary of this gay marriage thing.
13 Not really. It’s clearly nothing to do with that, it’s about climate change, though verily that shalt be denied by he who they call the Environment Secretary, for he shall [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 17th 2014
Filed under Holidays, Lucerne 2013
People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Albert Einstein
20 Comments CherryPie on Feb 16th 2014
