Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Know most of the rooms of your native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof. Especially seeing England presents thee with so many observables.
Thomas Fuller
PS: Click on the photograph to enlarge it. You will see stars surrounding the moon
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 3rd 2019
Filed under Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
4 Canon’s Lane is a beautifully restored eight bedroom house situated in the historic precincts of Chichester Cathedral.
All bedrooms are en-suite and offer stunning views of the Cathedral or gardens. It has 4 large double / twin rooms, 3 standard double rooms and a ground floor single room with wheelchair accessible facilities.
Breakfast is available in [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 2nd 2019
Filed under Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 1st 2019
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
Over the years, Chichester’s Market Cross has become a well recognised feature of the city. It is believed to have been built in 1501 by Bishop Edward Story, who paid ten pounds to the Mayor of Chichester for the ground on which it is built. The Bishop allowed poor peasants, who only had a few [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 30th 2019
Filed under Gardens, Heritage, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
Poplar Cottage was the home of a landless peasant and his family in the early-mid 17th century. The garden of such a low-status dwelling would have been used almost exclusively to produce food and grow herbs for strewing and medicinal purposes. Few if any of the plans would have been grown for their aesthetic value.*
*From [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jan 29th 2019
Bayleaf is a timber-framed hall house dating mainly from the early fifteenth century. The garden is a re-creation of a late-medieval garden, laid out in blocks of beds.
Each plot, together with the access path, measures 2 x 1 perches (16.5 x 33ft); 16.5ft is the statutory rod, pole or perch. This is the measurement a [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 28th 2019
In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.
Paulo Coelho
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 27th 2019
