…on Valentines Day xx
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 13th 2019
The Rose Garden occupies the site of a medieval bowling green. It is enclosed by yew hedges and laid out with formal beds of Rosa Rugosa Alba, Rosa Winchester Cathedral, Rosa Alfred Carriere and Rosa Isaac Perrier. *
*From the Arundel Castle guidebook
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 12th 2019
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
Arundel Castle – The Library
The Library is the principle survivor of the 11th Duke’s work and is one of the most important Gothic rooms of circa 1800 in the country. It is 122 feet (38 meters)long, entirely fitted out in carved Honduras mahogany and treated as if it were a church, with slender clustered columns supporting a ribbed vault. *
The Library is one of the more important country house collections, rich in manuscript and printed material relating to Catholic history. It comprises ten thousand books and was collected by the 9th and 11th Dukes.*
*From the Arundel Castle guidebook
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 11th 2019
All mankinde is of one Author, and is one volume; when one Man dies, one Chapter is not torne out of the book, but translated into a better language.
John Donne
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 10th 2019
The Baronial Hall
The Dining Room
Pen used by George IV to sign the Catholic Emancipation Act, 1829
Relics of Mary Queen of Scots
The Drawing Room
The Grand Staircase
The Grand Staircase
The Smallest Room
Bathroom
The Victoria Bedroom
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 9th 2019
… a short top and sides
This morning, around 8am I heard an unusual loud industrial noise which sounded like it was in the street in front of my house. I looked out of my window, there was nothing to be seen. The volume ebbed and flowed and I took it to be a road cleaner making its way around my estate. Every time the sound got louder I had another look at the street in front of my house. Nothing!
Every time the sound got louder the neighbourhood dogs were barking for England!
In the back of my mind the noise sounded familiar…
Ah yes! Hedge trimming of the bridle path that runs past the back of my garden, it happens but once a year.
When I looked outside the back of my house, at the end of the bridal path I could see the the tractor with its hedge trimmer. Despite the rain and wind the tractor was ready with its trimmer for another sweep of the hedges. The tractor went back and forth trimming the sides, also back and forth at least three times trimming the top off the far side hedge.
Suddenly after just over two hours the tractor was gone. The nearside hedge had not been treated to a top cut, let alone a small trim.
Oh well… I am sure the birds that were also disturbed with the industrial activities will enjoy the extra greenery in the summer months.
After the tractor had left, the sun came out 
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 7th 2019
