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Dover and the Bronze Age Boat

CherryPie — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:49:39 +0000

Last year on one of my trips to Kent, there was just enough time (before catching the train home) to visit the Dover museum where the Bronze Age boat is housed. It is a very interesting exhibition, but sadly I have no photos, it was a bit too dark. The photos here were taken just outside the museum.

In September 1992, archaeologists from the Canterbury Archaeological Trust working alongside contractors on a new road link between Dover and Folkestone discovered the remains of a large wooden prehistoric boat thought to be some 3,000 years old, belonging to a period known to archaeologists as the Bronze Age.

It was a find of both national and international significance which will shed new light on early seafaring and woodworking skills in Northern Europe.

An interesting article on the finding and salvaging of the boat can be seen on the Current Archaeology website.

100 Photos 54 :: Cliff Tops

CherryPie — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:18:39 +0000

Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

CherryPie — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:58:31 +0000

On life’s journey
Faith is a nourishment,
Virtuous deeds are a shelter,
Wisdom is the light by day and
Right, mindfulness is the protection by night.
If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him;
If he has conquered greed, nothing can limit his freedom.

The Buddha

Dover

CherryPie — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:30:16 +0000

When we visited Dover Castle a strange plan for meeting up with other members of the family was set up. We were to meet up at a certain shopping center that was by the sea front. We arrived a bit early so I took the opportunity to take a stroll along the seafront and take some photographs. When I got back everyone else had disappeared and there were no messages on my mobile!

Eventually I managed to locate everyone and we managed to track down the missing family members too. They had quite sensibly parked in the shopping centre car park rather than on the seafront like us.

There had been an original more sensible plan for meeting up which was vetoed at an early stage. I don’t know why, as far as I am concerned meeting up in a National Trust cafe (close to the castle) overlooking the sea seems eminently more sensible to me…

100 Photos 9 :: Freedom

CherryPie — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:06:29 +0000

Freedom is important to include in my ‘100 Reasons to be Glad’ because there isn’t a single day goes by that I am not reminded that our freedoms are constantly being eroded away.

Freedom

I WILL not follow you, my bird,
I will not follow you.
I would not breathe a word, my bird,
To bring thee here anew.

I love the free in thee, my bird,
The lure of freedom drew;
The light you fly toward, my bird,
I fly with thee unto.

And there we yet will meet, my bird,
Though far I go from you
Where in the light outpoured, my bird,
Are love and freedom too.

by George William Russell

Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

CherryPie — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:33:13 +0000

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
William Shakespeare