Archive for the tag 'Alnwick'
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
Alnwick Castle
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 19th 2021
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
The Serpent Garden
In the Serpent Garden, a topiary snake entices you past a series of sculptures, in which water flows over polished stainless steel and creates a canyon through which you can try to squeeze without getting wet.
There is also a mushroom-shaped structure on which surface tension and viscosity overcome gravity. The display culminates in the Torricelli [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 17th 2016
…looking back at the pond and the owl and the pussycat shown in the previous post.
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 15th 2016
Filed under Books, Gardens, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
The Owl and the Pussycat
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The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
‘O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 14th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Who’s Been Eating My cake!
15 Comments CherryPie on Oct 13th 2016
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Entrance to the Poison Garden
18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 12th 2016
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
The Bamboo Labyrinth
A previous post of mine reveals the message at the centre of the labyrinth.
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 11th 2016
