Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Salisbury 2014
West Kennet Avenue follows a winding course of 1.5 miles, linking the Avebury Circles with the Sanctuary.
Originally consisting of about 100 pairs of stones, the Avenue followed a sinuous course. The stones were about 15 m (49 ft) apart and there was a span of about 24 m (80 ft) between the pairs. Several had [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Jun 19th 2014
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Salisbury 2014
Woodhenge was built in about 2500 BC and revealed by aerial photographs taken in 1925 to be a leveled henge.
The bank and internal ditch enclose a circular area about 50m (160ft) in diameter with a single entrance facing north-east. Shortly after its discovery the site was excavated by Maud Cunnington Her work revealed that within [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 17th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Salisbury 2014
After breakfast we set off for Avebury, taking in Woodhenge along the way. Unfortunately Avebury was a little bit further than we thought. We didn’t have enough time there because we had a timed ticket for Stonehenge at 2pm. The Avebury experience wasn’t helped by roadworks that made access to the main interests difficult. [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 12th 2014
Filed under Out & About
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Dale Carnegie
22 Comments CherryPie on May 18th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
This ruined castle was situated next to a delightful tea-shop that we stumbled across on our way home from our Newcastle and Crookham holiday.
I have now come to the end of my Newcastle and Crookham posts and will be moving onto my recent adventures in Mechelen.
The name ‘Brough’ comes from ‘Burg’ or ‘Burgh’ meaning fort, [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 29th 2014
Hadrian’s Wall was built by the order of Emperor Hadrian, following his visit to Britain in AD 122. It was planned as a continuous wall with a milecastle every Roman mile (1.48 kilometres) and two turrets equally spaced between each milecastle. The wall, with its defensive ditches and large forts, stretched from coast to coast, [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on Mar 15th 2014
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Originally home to the Lindisfarne Gospels and the site of grisly Viking attacks, a visit to Lindisfarne Priory is a great day out in Northumberland. Sitting offshore on Holy Island and reached by a causeway at low tide, the peaceful atmosphere and beautiful views from the priory make a visit here well worth the effort.
Lindisfarne Priory was an [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 21st 2014
