Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
The Waverley is the last seagoing Paddle Steamer in the World. Built on the Clyde in 1947 to replace the original Waverley that sunk off Dunkirk in 1940. The Waverley was originally built to sail only between Craigendorran & Arrochar in West Scotland.
Paddle Steamer Waverley, built almost 70 years ago, is the world’s last sea-going paddle [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 30th 2015
Filed under Holidays, Winchester 2014
HMS Dragon is a Type 45 air defence destroyer. When I visited Portsmouth Dockyard last September she was being refitted prior to her current deployment in the South Atlantic.
Less than a year after she returned from operations in the Gulf and Eastern Mediterranean the Type 45 destroyer will take over from HMS Iron Duke to [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 29th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes
As I left for work this morning it was blustery and chilly but on the plus side the sun was shining. On my journey to work a particularly vibrant rainbow in a strange patch of light caught my eye although sadly I had no time to stop and enjoy it. As I parked my car [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 28th 2015
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
HMS M.33 is a 1915 Coastal Bombardment Vessel, one of only two British warships to survive from the First World War.
She saw action in the Mediterranean between 1915 and 1918, supporting troop landings and evacuations at Gallipoli in 1915. Then in 1919, she played a part in the Russian Civil War covering the withdrawal of [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 27th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Books, Science & Nature
One of the books I am currently reading is ‘The Poppy; A history of conflict, loss, remembrance & redemption’ by Nicholas J. Saunders. The book presents aspects of the beauty, pain, pleasure and tragedy of the poppy throughout history. Nicholas takes us on a journey from Ancient Egypt right through to the current day and [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 26th 2015
Filed under Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, it’s bloom is shed;
Or, like the snow-fall in the river,
A moment white, then melts forever.
Robert Burns
16 Comments CherryPie on Jan 25th 2015
Filed under Art, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
Wyllie shows the Victory at sunset on the evening of 21 October. She is very badly damaged after the heavy cannonade she endured during the approach to battle.
Nelson’s flag flies half-mast, as a sign of mourning. And the lights of the cabin windows (middle row) are dark. This was the first indication to many in [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2015
