Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
On the weekend of the 21st and 22nd April, the National Trust are opening over 200 of their houses and gardens for free:
Join us for our free weekend on 21 & 22 April and explore over 200 of our houses and gardens for free – as well as all the countryside spaces we care for [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Apr 19th 2012
Our friends never flatter.
They praise only the qualities we have.
…From a Thousand Paths to friendship by David Baird…
22 Comments CherryPie on Feb 7th 2010
Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream
Malcolm Muggeridge
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 3rd 2010
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009, Science & Nature
Last Sunday I finally came to the end of my original 52 thoughts for the week, so from now on my thought for the week will be picked according to my mood on the day. In time I will get around to a post with links to all the discussions, so they can be seen [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 29th 2009
Filed under Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
I love the contrast between the bright blue of the water in the swimming pool and the deep green of the water in the upper lake.
In the early years of their occupation at Chartwell, the Churchills used to use the lakes for swimming. You can see the lower lake in this previous post of [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 19th 2009
Filed under Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
This is the north-east corner of the house, where visitors emerge after the tour. Although it can’t be seen in the picture, on the wall to the left is a slate tablet that commemorates the seventeen benefactors who donated Chartwell to the National Trust in 1946 on the condition that the Churchills could remain [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2009
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
The Marlborough Pavilion was built as a summer house in the mid 1920s and decorated in 1949 by Churchill’s nephew, John Spencer Churchill. The theme of the decoration is John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough who was Churchill’s oldest ancestor:
On the north wall are the motto, Fiel Pero Desdichado (‘Faithful but Unfortunate’) – a [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Nov 15th 2009
