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Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization.
Aldo Leopold

2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 17th 2024

Ted is back from his travels…

2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 16th 2024

Every situation, every moment is of infinite worth for it is representative of a whole eternity.
John Wofgang Goethe

4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 10th 2024

In 1914 the RNAS was a new branch of the Navy. It worked with the latest technology and actively recruited men with engineering backgrounds in order to maintain its aircraft and engines.
The Royal Naval Armoured Car Division used an RNAS depot at Wormwood Scrubbs, in London, and started adapting commandeered motor car chassis. These were [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 9th 2024

Public Sculpture was desligned by Bernard Meadows in 1968. It was commisioned by Eastern County Newspapers for placement at the entrance of the visitor receception area of their new offices.

6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 8th 2024

As I mentioned in my previous post I was unable to view parts of the Peterborough Cathedral due to it being occupied by invaders.
The invaders were animatronic dinosaurs from the National History Museum.  The exhibiton, entitled, ‘T. Rex: The Killer Question’ explored the question of whether T. Rex was a ferocious hunter or just a [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 7th 2024

The Norman Peterborough Cathedral was founded as a monastic community in 654 AD. The Cathedral is the burial place to two queens and the scene of Civil War upheavals.

During our visit the Cathedral was under occupation by a different threat. More on that in my next post.

7 Comments CherryPie on Mar 7th 2024

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