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Archive for the tag 'English Heritage'
Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2010
Originally Darwin tried to rear tropical plants within a plant case that he had bought for the drawing room. Unfortunately the plant case was too small and some of the more exotic blooms failed, so he erected a hothouse.
In the early 1860s, he erected a hothouse alongside the green house in the kitchen garden [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 20th 2010
Filed under Gardens, Heritage, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
Down House
On the way back from my trip to Kent last October I met up with friends at Down House, the home of Charles Darwin from 1842 until his death in 1882.
The experience was not as enjoyable as the other places I had been visiting and at first I couldn’t quite put my finger on what [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 19th 2010
Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays
My Header Images
I have been asked on a couple of occasions what the image is that shows in my blog header. The image is randomly selected so I am never sure which one people have seen. At the moment there are nine images from my holiday in Northumberland, starting from the top left this is [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2009
Filed under Crookham 2009, Heritage, Holidays
Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 3
After destroying Norham Castle the Scottish Army moved on to Etal castle which fell easily and was therefore left intact.
The castle was built in the early fourteenth century by Robert Manners, in a strategic position by a ford over the River Till. As a border stronghold, Etal was vulnerable to attack from Scottish raiders, and [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Oct 22nd 2009
Filed under Crookham 2009, Heritage, Holidays
Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 2
The Scottish Army crossed the border into England at Coldstream, where they razed Wark Castle before moving onto Norham. They laid siege to Norham Castle for 6 days before destroying it and moving on.
A castle was first built at Norham in the twelfth century by a Bishop of Durham. The huge bulk of this building [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 21st 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
