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I saw this very interesting photograph in the museum of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards which is inside Edinburgh Castle. I couldn’t resist trying to get a photo of it and you can probably see that I have managed to get my own reflection in the glass too.
All I can say about the [...]

26 Comments CherryPie on Oct 16th 2009

It had been a long time since I last visited Edinburgh Castle so during my stay in Northumberland I ventured across the border to see how it had changed since my last visit.  I mostly managed to miss the rain.  It only rained for 20 minutes in Edinburgh, but back across the border in England [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 15th 2009

Back to my weekend away.   This started with a leisurely drive to Orpington where we parked the car and took a brief train ride into London, much easier than struggling to drive through the city.  The leisurely drive included a stop for a pub lunch.
On the way to the Royal Institution, I found myself [...]

7 Comments CherryPie on Oct 14th 2009

How very remiss of me, I nearly left the Cragside Estate before showing you Nelly’s Moss Lake:

6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 13th 2009

As you can see I am now back from my long weekend.  I hadn’t planned on another holiday quite so soon after my last one, but after I reviewed Christopher Lloyd’s previous book he commented on my blog and sent me tickets to the launch of his new book.  I thought it was too good [...]

17 Comments CherryPie on Oct 12th 2009

The orchard house is a very fine structure and is quite a distinctive landmark in the surrounding district. It is thought to have been designed by Lord Armstrong in the 1870’s. It has a timber base and cast-iron glazing bars in the roof. It was built to for hardy and tender fruits [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 12th 2009

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
David Viscott

12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 11th 2009

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