8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 30th 2019
Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.
John Muir
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 29th 2019
St Nicholas’ Church is a Grade II* listed building.[2] The church’s dedication was changed in 1490, to St Nicholas having previously been dedicated to St Magnus Martyr.[3]
The church was rebuilt in 1776, reusing medieval foundations and is considered a good example of the early Gothic revival. The rebuilding was financed by the Frampton family, who lived in the nearby manor house. The north aisle was added in 1841 and most internal fittings were renewed c1847.
The adventurer T. E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”), who died in 1935, is buried in the separate churchyard. He was a cousin of the Frampton family and had been a frequent visitor to their home, Okers Wood House. Lawrence’s mother arranged with the Framptons to have him buried in their family plot in the separate burial ground of St Nicholas’ Church.[4][5] Mourners included Winston and Clementine Churchill, E. M. Forster, and Lawrence’s youngest brother Arnold.[6][1][7]
In 1940, the church suffered a direct hit from a German bomb, and was largely destroyed.[1] It was rebuilt over the following decade, but the stained glass windows were replaced with plain green glass, which was not liked by the congregation.[1]
Laurence Whistler was commissioned to provide engraved glass replacements, and after making twelve, he offered to make and donate the thirteenth with a design on the theme of Forgiveness featuring Judas.[1] The offer was declined, but he made the window anyway.[1] After being displayed in a local museum, it was eventually installed – on the outside of the church (as the artist intended) – in 2014.[1]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 27th 2019
If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 23rd 2019
I have been busy walking during the past couple of days but I don’t have a single photo to share!
My first walk was a meet up with Linda, a fellow #Walk1000Miles walker to walk stage 4 part 1 of the T50 50 mile trail. Along the walk we had a random encounter with Naomi Wrighton, one of the people that helped devise the trail. I walked to the start of the walk and back home after the walk and was surprised to find that had clocked up just under 9 miles. A first for me 
My second walk was today with my hubby. Taking advantage of the sunny weather we had a leisurely drive followed by a walk around Stow on the Wold. We had an even more leisurely afternoon cake and cup of tea. After waiting over 30 minutes our order had not arrived. we learned that the couple who were sitting next to us had been waiting 50 minutes! Mr C got up to find out where our order was and the couple next to us left. Apparently, although our order had been taken it had not been placed with the kitchen!!!
We left and found another tea shop where we were served within a few minutes. I enjoyed a slice of apple and blackberry cake accompanied by elderflower presse.
As there are no photos of my walking adventures I will leave you with a photo from earlier in the week when I was enjoying lunch on the patio.
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 22nd 2019
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence CB, DSO, known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British soldier renowned especially for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt of 1916–18. The breadth of his fame is unique – archaeologist, scholar, soldier, writer. Always an independent spirit, he was a friend of many artists as well as soldiers and politicians. His vivid writings, along with the extraordinary breadth and variety of his activities and associations, have made him the object of fascination throughout the world as “Lawrence of Arabia”.
T.E. Lawrence died in a motorcycle accident and was buried on May 21st 1935 in the cemetery annexe of St Nicholas Church, Moreton, just a few miles from his home at Clouds Hill in Dorset.
Although it might be expected that Lawrence should have beeen buried in Westminster Abbey, this quiet place in Dorset is not inappropiate given that Lawrence spent his last years hiding from the unwelcome fame of his wartime exploits. His funeral was attended by a multitude of soldiers, statesmen, writers and artists.
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 18th 2019
First thing this morning I went in to the upstairs room where my computer is situated. I needed to charge my mobile phone.
Movement in the garden distracted me. The light rain had enticed my garden birds out of their perching places. My upstairs retreat is the perfect place to watch and enjoy my garden birds. I got distracted from anything else I should have or thought I should have been doing…
Initially a blue tit family and a couple of great tits were flitting around nearby trees and branches, occasionally flying towards my window and roof above and below (the attraction was water in the gutters). They were joined by three blackbirds on my lawn and a squirrel on the fence near to my house.
The squirrel kept bobbing into next doors garden and returning to the fence with a nut which he proceeded to nibble. At one point as he was running backwards and forwards on the fence. His chaotic run coincided with a blackbird that was about to land on the fence. The blackbird had quick reactions and flew on by. The squirrel was quite unnerved and started flicked its tail around in an alarmed way.
A robin briefly visited followed by a flock of around 12 sparrows that were devouring some tasty feast from my lawn and the edge of my path. The three blackbirds came back to enjoy the tasty feast!
Some time later after a few household jobs I set off for a walk around my local pathways.
In the woods I encountered an unexpected ‘no go’ area. A tree was being felled.
By the pools I was wondering if I would see the cormorant which I had seen in profile flying overhead on my last visit.
The cormorant was absent, instead I saw a heron, firstly flying off. A wonderful sight although I was regretting that I had disturbed him before I even saw him. I was able to follow his journey around the pools until someone got in his comfort zone and he flew off beyond the trees.
16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2019
