Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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From the Cragside Garden Blog:
The Orchard House, we believe, was built circa 1870′s. We have no official documentation with regards to this but photos from around this time show the Orchard House and the old Top Terrace glasshouse range. However we believe that Lord Armstrong possibly designed the Orchard House and a company called [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 13th 2014
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Whilst researching for some information to go along with this post I came across a new National Trust blog about the Cragside formal garden. The latest post on the blog shows a little tidy up operation on the clock tower view in my recent post.
Here are some different views of the Dahlia Walk that I [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 12th 2014
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Rothbury as viewed from Cragside formal garden.
Rothbury is a small market town which straddles the River Coquet. The town has a pleasing mix of old stone and newer brick-built properties. Although technically a town with a proposal a year or so back to install a town mayor (defeated) everyone still tends to call it [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 11th 2014
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The clock tower is situated just above the Cragside formal garden. When I visit Cragside, I always visit the formal garden first. It allows me to enjoy it in relative quiet before most of the visitors arrive.
The clock tower originates from the 1860s and was the estate time piece and the pay office. [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 10th 2014
My previous post on the house at Cragside can be viewed here.
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 8th 2014
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From Wiki:
Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, much altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901. The island is accessible from the mainland at low tide by means of a causeway.
The castle is located in what was once the very volatile border area between England and Scotland. Not only did the English [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 29th 2014
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive because you words become your behaviour.
Keep your behaviour positive because your behaviour become your habits.
Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.
Mahatma Gandhi
19 Comments CherryPie on Jan 26th 2014
