I think that is enough doom and gloom for now so I will share some appropriate holiday photos (for this season) with you.
One of the places I visited during my stay on the borders was the Lady Waterford Hall which was formally a school. The building contains Biblical scenes that were painted onto the [...]
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Lady Waterford Hall
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 16th 2009
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Harry Hotspur
Following my last post on Alnwick Castle I had a special request for some Hotspur. So here he is:
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 2nd 2009
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Another of Those Days
Following on from Thursday it seems that my spate of minor irritations are not quite over.
The boys had decided they were having a Napoleonic campaign on my living room carpet which meant I either had to go out or be consigned to the upstairs of the house.
I thought a slow morning and a lie in [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Nov 28th 2009
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Flodden Field – The Index
Flodden Field – Brief description plus an excerpt from Marmion by Sir Walter Scott
Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 1 – Duns Forest.
Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 2 – Norham Castle.
Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 3 – Etal Castle.
Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 4 – Ford Castle.
Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 28th 2009
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One of Those Days
By the time I got to work today I was beginning to wonder if staying in bed would have been a better option.
Firstly, I reversed off my drive and did my usual visual check to make sure no windows or doors were open. Then I started to drive off and notice that the locked gate [...]
21 Comments CherryPie on Nov 26th 2009
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Alnwick Castle
Alnwick Castle has been home to the Percy family since 1309 when Henry Lord Percy purchased Alnwick Castle moving the family north from Yorkshire. It is the second largest inhabited castle in England.
The earliest mention of Alnwick Castle in the history books appears soon after 1096 when Yves de Vescy became baron of Alnwick [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Nov 25th 2009
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The Percy Lion
The Lion Bridge at Alnwick spans the river Aln and was built in 1770 to replace an earlier bridge which had been destroyed by flooding. It gets it’s name from the sculpture of the Percy Lion which is situated on the bridge. The Percy Lion was made in 1773 by John Knowles and is distinctive [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2009
