The Flodden battle site is very close to where I stay when I visit Northumberland. My previous visits have always been in September and I was curious to see how the land looked in a different season.
I have a series of posts about the battle which can be found here along with some of [...]
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Flodden – Revisited
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 26th 2011
There is no safety this side of the grave.
Robert A. Heinlein
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 19th 2011
Random chance is not sufficient to explain random chance.
Robert A. Heinlein
10 Comments CherryPie on May 29th 2011
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PhotoHunt – Sillhouette(s)
The Flodden Memorial.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
24 Comments CherryPie on Feb 18th 2011
The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 7th 2010
Synopsys (from book cover):
In the breadth of bitter-sweet Scottish history there is not more poignant, nor more important, battle than Flodden. Before Flodden a proud country under its dynamic Stewart king James IV was emerging as a distinct and flourishing nation within Europe. With defeat the inevitability of Scotland’s reformation and union with England is [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 16th 2010
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Flodden Field – The Index
Flodden Field – Brief description plus an excerpt from Marmion by Sir Walter Scott
Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 1 – Duns Forest.
Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 2 – Norham Castle.
Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 3 – Etal Castle.
Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 4 – Ford Castle.
Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part [...]
17 Comments CherryPie on Nov 28th 2009
