Archive for the 'Holidays' Category
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 24th 2012
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
National Trust – Free Weekend
On the weekend of the 21st and 22nd April, the National Trust are opening over 200 of their houses and gardens for free:
Join us for our free weekend on 21 & 22 April and explore over 200 of our houses and gardens for free – as well as all the countryside spaces we care for [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Apr 19th 2012
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Kent August 2011
Garden Glimpse
The garden at Knole is only open on certain days and I keep picking the wrong day to visit. So this is just a sneak preview of the garden through a gateway.
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 16th 2012
Filed under Holidays, Kent August 2011, Science & Nature
Knole Deer
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 15th 2012
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent August 2011
Architecture 100 :: 11 – Knole House
The home of the Sackville-Wests:
The house is now in the care of the National Trust; however, the Trust only owns the house and about 43 acres (170,000 m2) of the park. Considerably more than half the house is still home to the Sackville-Wests. Lord Sackville and his family still own the gardens and the rest [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 13th 2012
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent August 2011
Dover and the Bronze Age Boat
Last year on one of my trips to Kent, there was just enough time (before catching the train home) to visit the Dover museum where the Bronze Age boat is housed. It is a very interesting exhibition, but sadly I have no photos, it was a bit too dark. The photos here were taken [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Mar 12th 2012
