For some 750 years Durham Castle was the ceremonial palace of the Prince Bishops of Durham. Since the 1980s it has been the home of the University College, the foundation College of the University of Durham.
Within the castle are many interesting features including the Great Hall and the Black Staircase, but the part of the [...]
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Durham Castle
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 15th 2013
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52 Photos Project – Gallery 25 – Starts with a C
…Cuthbert of Farne.
Cuthbert became prior of Lindisfarne in 664, but decided to move to a quieter life of solitude on the island of Inner Farne:
Lindisfarne Priory on Holy Island is one of the most important early centres of Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England. Founded in 635 and home to a small number of monks, it [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 11th 2013
Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.
Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say
What was this forest savage, rough, and stern,
Which in the very thought renews the fear.
Cante Alighieri (1256 – 1321)
26 Comments CherryPie on Oct 6th 2013
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52 Photos Project – Gallery 24 – Seasonal Colour (Gold)
More Gold can be found in the gallery.
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 4th 2013
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Excavations at Flodden
One of he events that was taking place on the 500th anniversary celebrations of the Battle of Flodden was an archaeological dig in one of the fields where the main conflict took place. The dig hoped to find the remains of bodies of those who had fallen. The bodies would not be disturbed, but [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 2nd 2013
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Synchronicity
On Sunday Mr C went to the Derby wargame show with a couple of his mates. I was asked if I wanted to go and I considered perhaps being dropped of at a Stately home nearby. I decided to stay at home, I thought there might be too much wargame talk in the car.
I had [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 1st 2013
The alarm seemed to go off very early this morning…
Mr C quickly did his packing before we went for breakfast. There was a lot of banter as Toby served breakfast. When one of the other guests asked him if he was alright this morning, he looked at us and said ‘No not really’ and we [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 28th 2013
