20 Comments CherryPie on Sep 20th 2011
My recent run of special celebrations is now complete.
On Saturday night I attended a small wedding reception next to the banks of the river Severn. The seating plan was rather unique. Photos of all the guests were pegged up around the outside courtyard where everyone was gathered for pre dinner champagne. On the reverse of the photo was the number of the table that the guest was sitting at. On arrival at the table the name cards were little gingerbread men and women with individually piped names.
The evening was a lot of fun with an excellent live band rather than the usual disco. As you can see from the photo, the wedding cake was rather unique too. The doughnut on the top of the left plate had my name on it 
PS: The photos for all the guests were found on the internet…
18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 19th 2011
Faith is to believe that which you do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see that which you believe.
St Augustine of Hippo (1817-1862)
24 Comments CherryPie on Sep 18th 2011
One of the first things that caught my eye as I walking into the grounds at Bolton Abbey was the stepping stones. There was a constant stream of people (mostly children) seeing if they were up to the challenge of using the 57 stones to cross the river without falling in.
When the priory was in use this would have been the only way to cross the river without getting wet feet. The stones are now complimented by a modern bridge running alongside for the less brave and less mobile.
24 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2011
Old houses always had a lot of wood in their construction.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 16th 2011
From the guidebook:
The chapel has been in existence since the 12th century when Alice de Romille, Lady of Skipton Castle, granted the chaplain an allowance for gowns and food which was payable at Christmas. The chapel is dedicated to St John the Evangelist and was reserved for the use of the lord and lady of the castle, and the farmer at Home Farm, 3.2km (2 miles) away. the last two recorded uses of the chapel were in 1635, when Elizabeth Clifford, daughter of the fifth Earl of Cumberland, married Lord Dungarvan, and in 1637, when her daughter Katherine was baptised.
16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 15th 2011
