Archive for the 'Out & About' Category
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Privilege Day
I was lucky enough to have an extra privilege days leave which was tagged onto this bank holiday meaning I had an extra day off. I also took Friday as leave so I have had a long weekend, mostly chilling out and catching up with a few jobs. The weather wasn’t good enough for [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2011
Filed under Art, Heritage, Out & About
Sudbury Hall – The Great Staircase
8 Comments CherryPie on May 27th 2011
A new satellite survey of Egypt has discovered 17 lost pyramids. The work has been pioneered at the University of Alabama at Birmingham by US Egyptologist Dr Sarah Parcak. The BBC report that more than 1000 tombs and 3000 ancient settlements were also revealed by the infra-red images. The satellites orbited 700km above the earth [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2011
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Sudbury Hall
Sudbury Hall is largely the creation of George Vernon who succeeded to the estate in 1660 and subsequently began to rebuild the home the old manor house of his ancestors, probably to his own designs:
Of all the great houses built in Charles II’s reign, Sudbury Hall is one of the most idiosyncratic: a marriage of [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 25th 2011
