Whilst browsing around various blogs I came across the 100 photos project. It reminded me that for some time I have been meaning to do my own personal list of ‘100 reasons to be glad’ which was inspired by a book by Isabel Losada. I thought it would be a fun challenge to tie the [...]
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Filed under Books, Crookham 2009, Heritage
Flodden: A Scottish Tragedy by Peter Reese
Synopsys (from book cover):
In the breadth of bitter-sweet Scottish history there is not more poignant, nor more important, battle than Flodden. Before Flodden a proud country under its dynamic Stewart king James IV was emerging as a distinct and flourishing nation within Europe. With defeat the inevitability of Scotland’s reformation and union with England is [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 16th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Books, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009, Science & Nature
Spending Time at the Royal Institution
Back to my weekend away. This started with a leisurely drive to Orpington where we parked the car and took a brief train ride into London, much easier than struggling to drive through the city. The leisurely drive included a stop for a pub lunch.
On the way to the Royal Institution, I found myself [...]
7 Comments CherryPie on Oct 14th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
My Weekend Away
As you can see I am now back from my long weekend. I hadn’t planned on another holiday quite so soon after my last one, but after I reviewed Christopher Lloyd’s previous book he commented on my blog and sent me tickets to the launch of his new book. I thought it was too good [...]
17 Comments CherryPie on Oct 12th 2009
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Saturday by Ian McEwan
This was one of my book group reads. Tonight is the first meeting after the summer break and the group will be discussing their thoughts on the book. As I have been off sick for a couple of days with the lurgy I decided it was safer to stay at home and chill out a [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 10th 2009
…Or the Murder at Road Hill House.
Synopsis (from book cover):
It is midnight on 30th June 1860 and all is quiet in the Kent family’s elegant house in Road, Wiltshire. The next morning, however, they wake to find their youngest son has been the victim of an unimaginably gruesome murder. Even worse, the guilty party is [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 3rd 2009
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The Voyage of the Beagle
Photo from from VPRO Beagle on Flickr – click on picture for more photos.
The Clipper Stad Amsterdam set sail from Plymouth harbor today following the steps of Darwin’s famous voyage of discovery. The people involved in the project hope to retrace the route of Darwin’s 5 year voyage on HMS Beagle in a single year.
During [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Sep 1st 2009
