Archive for October, 2017
Filed under Out & About
Ride a Cock Horse…
The guidebook I picked up on my recent visit to Broughton Castle provides an interesting anecdote in relation to the Fiennes family name:
Local legend has it that the famous nursery rhyme was originally ‘Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross to see a Fiennes lady ride on a white horse’ – as opposed ‘to see [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 10th 2017
Filed under Holidays, Hurley 2017
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Be yourself, everyone else is taken
Anonymous
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 8th 2017
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Hurley 2017
St James the Less, Dorney
There has been a church on this yew fringed patch of ground north of the River Thames since at least the 12th century, meaning that today’s congregation continue a tradition of worship that can be traced back nearly 1000 years.
The current chancel dates from the 12th century church but there is archaeological evidence of [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 4th 2017
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Hurley 2017
Dorney Court and its Recusancy Connections
Dorney Court is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house and is situated in the village of Dorney which lies on a slight rise in the Thames floodplain, Dorney means Island of Bumble Bees and the estate is renowned for its honey which is still produced to this day. The house has changed little since [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 2nd 2017
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 1st 2017
