Love is not a thing to understand.
Love is not a thing to feel.
Love is not a thing to give and receive.
Love is a thing only to become
And eternally be.
Sri Chinmoy
Archive for the tag 'National Trust'
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2016
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
Rabindranath Tagore
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 6th 2016
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2016
Stained Glass at The Vyne
The stained glass in the Chapel at The Vyne is the finest in the National Trust’s care and considered to be among the most beautiful 16th-century glass in Europe. It features King Henry VIII, who visited The Vyne several times, as well as his sister Margaret and first wife Catherine of Aragon, together with their [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 31st 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Winchester 2016
Winchester – Day Two
The breakfast was every bit as good as we remembered from our first visit. The breakfast room was rather full due to the wedding guests from the day before. Thankfully the kids had worn themselves out and were quiet during breakfast.
We set off to Portsmouth to visit the Mary Rose Museum. The journey went smoothly [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 26th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Morning Sunshine…
…led to Mr C feeling wanderlust.
We abandoned our household duties and set of towards the Brockhampton Estate in time to enjoy lunch in the tea room. The sun shone as we traveled towards Brockhampton and we were treated to some spectacular countryside views, but as we neared the Brockhampton Estate a large dark cloud appeared [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
Malmesbury – Day Four
After breakfast we checked out of the hotel where we payed the release fee so that the room bear could come home with us. He was named after the room we stayed in (Henry Hanks). We then made our way to the market town, Stow-on-the-Wold where we had a quiet hour mooching around the shops.
When [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 24th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
Malmesbury – Day One
We set off on our journey later than we intended, partly due to the inclement weather. Along the way we spotted an ideal cafe for lunch, but the mornings downpour had turned the parking area into a field of mud! This meant we had to abandon the idea of lunch there, it also involved some [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on May 19th 2016
