Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
I think most of my regular readers know I am addicted to gardens
The words over the gateway say:
A GARDEN SWEET ENCLOSED WITH WALLES STRONG
THE ARBORES AND AYLES SO PLEASANT AND SO DULCE
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20 Comments CherryPie on Apr 23rd 2010
Filed under Crookham 2009, Gardens, Holidays
The plants are very well covered in the Orchard House at Cragside.
More views of the Orchard House and other views of Cragside can be found here.
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8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 16th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Kent February 2010
My final destination in my recent weekend in Kent was the Bedouin encampment. As you can see it is nowhere near as exotic as it sounds
It was here that there was a bit of a saga about where to eat for lunch. Two of the party didn’t like the food that was [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 12th 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent February 2010
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 10th 2010
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Kent February 2010
There are two chapels within the great tower of Dover. This is a view of the upper chapel which is dedicated to Thomas Becket, you can see the light playing through the window into the the room next to it in this previous post. A picture of the lower chapel can be found here.
The [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 8th 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent February 2010
One of the oldest buildings that stands at Dover Castle is the Roman pharos or lighthouse. It stands at the highest point within the castle and was probably built in the second century AD when the Romans were developing the port at Dover.
It was constructed as an octagonal tower using local flint and Roman [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 6th 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent February 2010
…of Dover Castle.
The great tower was the last and most elaborate in the tradition of huge rectangular royal great towers, begun in England in the previous century with The Tower of London and Colchester:
The great tower of Dover Castle is the last and grandest of the keeps built by the kings of England in the [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 5th 2010
