I have been rushed off my feet in the past couple of days and eating at the strangest times so now I need to chill out. Looking through my photos of my recent visit to Wenlock Priory is just the thing because the ruin is beautiful and peaceful. When you stand amongst the ruins you [...]
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Wenlock Priory
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 7th 2010
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf and take an insect view of its plain.
Henry David Thoreau
22 Comments CherryPie on Aug 29th 2010
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A Bit of an Adventure
Sometimes visiting ruins can be a bit of an adventure! Especially when a church service is about to start and cars are arriving and blocking your exit from the car park.
A Bit of an Adventure, originally uploaded by KirscheTortschen.
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 29th 2010
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Dodging Raindrops
Enjoying some peace and quiet in a lovely setting.
Dodging Raindrops, originally uploaded by KirscheTortschen.
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 28th 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, York 2010
Hardwick Old Hall – Views from the Hall
I have already shown you the view towards Chatsworth in this previous post so today I will show you the other viewpoints from the house:
View towards Bolsover
View towards Wingfield
View towards the new hall
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 10th 2010
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Hardwick Old Hall – Hill Great Chamber
The picture to the left shows an artists impression of what the Hill Great Chamber would have looked like, showing clearly that the room is full of design elements taken from ancient Roman architecture. The pictures below are taken from the roof level and you can just see the remains of the balustrade that allowed [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 7th 2010
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Hardwick Old Hall
In her sixties when Bess of Hardwick was estranged from her fourth husband, George Talbot sixth earl of Shrewsbury she returned to her childhood home at Hardwick. She then embarked upon the task of completely rebuilding the old manor and transforming it into a more modern hall in keeping with her status as countess of [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 3rd 2010
