Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Winchester 2016
The breakfast was every bit as good as we remembered from our first visit. The breakfast room was rather full due to the wedding guests from the day before. Thankfully the kids had worn themselves out and were quiet during breakfast.
We set off to Portsmouth to visit the Mary Rose Museum. The journey went smoothly [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 26th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Winchester 2016
We didn’t set off to Winchester as early as we planned and after picking up my mum and a brief stop on the motorway led to us arriving in Winchester at lunch time. We parked on the hotel car park and Mr C went to reception to tell them that we had arrived and would [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 25th 2016
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Winchester 2016
Above all, let us never forget that an act of goodness is in itself an act of happiness. It is the flower of a long inner life of joy and contentment; it tells of peaceful hours and days on the sunniest heights of our soul.
Count Maurice Maeterlinck
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 23rd 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2016
I am still working my way through my holiday photos and thoughts. For now I hope you enjoy my ‘Twilight View’ of the cathedral
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 20th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Winchester 2016
I have just returned from my annual autumnal travels with my mum. On this occasion we travelled to the fine Cathedral city of Winchester
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 18th 2016
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
In the Serpent Garden, a topiary snake entices you past a series of sculptures, in which water flows over polished stainless steel and creates a canyon through which you can try to squeeze without getting wet.
There is also a mushroom-shaped structure on which surface tension and viscosity overcome gravity. The display culminates in the Torricelli [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 17th 2016
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Francis of Assisi
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 16th 2016
