Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Mechelen 2014
It is my turn at Vision & Verb today. My post is about the Kazerne Dossin museum and military barracks which serve as a permanent history and memorial to the Jews who were held there awaiting deportation to Nazi concentration camps during WWII. I invite you to join me there.
More photos of the museum and barracks [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 4th 2014
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 25th 2014
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Melrose Abbey, in the heart of the beautiful Scottish Border country, was founded in the twelfth century by the Cistercian order of monks. They were drawn to this fertile spot beside the River Tweed through its intimate associations with the holy men St Aidan and St Cuthbert. The Abbey grew to be one [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 21st 2014
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Once a pleasure ground for Scottish Kings in times of peace, the a refuge for Catholic priests in times of terror, the Stuarts of Traquair supported Mary Queen of Scots and the Jacobite cause without counting the cost.
Imprisoned, fined and isolated for their beliefs, their home, untouched by time, reflects the tranquility of their family [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 18th 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
Wallington is the home to generations of the Blackett and Trevelyan families. Over the years these two families altered the house and the surrounding landscape:
Today the Wallington estate consists of 13,500 acres of land, 15 farms and the village of Cambo, Wallington is still home to over 100 households and continues to be a family [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 6th 2014
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The historic Iron Bridge within the grounds of Cragside was re-opened in 2009 for the first time in nearly 30 years. The 19th century bridge spans the Debdon Burn and until that time the grade II listed bridge had been closed due to safety concerns.
It is now possible for visitors to walk across the bridge, [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 18th 2014
