Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Crookham 2011, Gardens, Heritage, Holidays
The walled garden at Floors castle was an unexpected treat and it was free to visit:
Here, Queen Victoria took tea during her visit in 1867. Today’s visitors can enjoy the splendid food and refreshments on sale at The Terrace restaurant. home bakes, cakes and shortbread, traditional game pies, pates, preserves and jams are all made [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 27th 2011
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I have never learned from a man who agreed with me.
Robert A. Heinlein.
22 Comments CherryPie on Jul 24th 2011
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Like every living thing its prime characteristic is a blind, unreasoned instinct to survive.
Robert A. Heinlein
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 10th 2011
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Sudbury Hall is largely the creation of George Vernon who succeeded to the estate in 1660 and subsequently began to rebuild the home the old manor house of his ancestors, probably to his own designs:
Of all the great houses built in Charles II’s reign, Sudbury Hall is one of the most idiosyncratic: a marriage of [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 25th 2011
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Edward Ferrers was responsible for creating this ‘court garden’ by 1722 as part of his improvements to the house. It is an enclosed and formal area of grass, in the centre of which a sundial has recently been reinstated.*
The National Trust has planted apple trees of historical nature along the lawn.
*Information from the Baddesley Clinton [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Apr 27th 2011
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
In my recent post I mentioned that I had inadvertently changed a setting on my camera which was affecting the results of my photographs.
These two photos show the results of my accidentally altering of the exposure compensation setting. The second photo was taken after I got the settings back in order
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 8th 2011
