Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Winchester 2014
When we visited Hinton Ampner the first floor of the property was closed due to storm damage to the roof on February 2014. This was more than made up for by the gardens, the orchard and the parish church of All Saints.
A restored eighteenth century house with a twentieth century garden. The garden was made [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 3rd 2015
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Salisbury 2014
In September 2014 archaeologists discovered an encampment about 1.5 miles away from Stonehenge. Using carbon dating it has taken until now to be able to determine the age of the encampment to be around 6,000 years old.
Canada Now reports:
The site of the encampment has been named Blick Mead and it is about 1.5 miles from [...]
28 Comments CherryPie on Dec 29th 2014
Filed under Out & About
Inspiration will always sing; inspiration will never explain.
Kahlil Gibran
20 Comments CherryPie on Dec 28th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Art, Out & About
In the busy run up to Christmas I was able to find a brief time slot that allowed me to visit Attingham Park for lunch and to see the house decked out for Christmas through the ages. Each room had a different feel and different styles of Christmas decorations and trees.
As in previous years one [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 27th 2014
Filed under Holidays, Winchester 2014
The Winchester City Mill is a restored water mill situated on the River Itchen in the centre of the ancient English city of Winchester. The mill is owned by the National Trust.
The mill was first recorded, milling corn, in the Domesday Book of 1086. The mill was last rebuilt in 1744 and remained in use until the early 1900s. The mill was then [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 16th 2014
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Khalil Gibran
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 7th 2014
Friendship is not diminished by distance or time, by imprisonment or war, by suffering or silence. It is in these things that it roots most deeply.
Pam Brown
14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 16th 2014
