Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays
In the near future I will be doing a series of posts based on some of the places that were significant for the Battle of Flodden. But for now I shall leave you with the following words.
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***Index to my posts on Flodden.***
41 Comments CherryPie on Oct 2nd 2009
Filed under Crookham 2009, Heritage, Holidays, Out & About
As you can see the castle itself is very dramatic and dominates the coast line.
The principle castle remains date from the 14th century when the Earl of Lancaster (a cousin of Edward II of England) began the construction of a massive fortress which was later enlarged by John of Gaunt.
The castle is the largest in [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 1st 2009
Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays, Out & About
Stepping away from the village of Craster there wasn’t a signpost to warn less able people quite how far they would have to walk to get to the castle. I think there probably should have been a signpost showing the miles on the gate you have to pass through. Here are some of [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Sep 30th 2009
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To be able to visit Dunstanburgh Castle I found out that you have park up and walk. The nearest you can get to the castle is Craster:
Craster is a small fishing village on the Northumbrian coast of England. It has a small and attractive harbour and offers a view northwards along the rocky shore to [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Sep 29th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Crookham 2009, Holidays, Out & About
The Coach House at Crookham was just as wonderful as I remembered. You can see from my new mosaic the little changes that have been made to my favourite room. It was a lovely place to sit and relax with a pre dinner Sherry before making the way to the dining room for interesting conversation [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 28th 2009
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Just got back from a break in Northumberland, so I am busy catching up with everything and everyone. I managed to take over 400 photographs, so they are going to take a lot of sorting out!!!
Here is one to be going on with. It is from the ruined Etal castle, showing traces of its [...]
47 Comments CherryPie on Sep 25th 2009
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I have just arranged my holidays for later in the year and I will be staying in one of my favorite places, and most especially in my favorite room. The hotel is situated in Northumberland and there is so much to do an see around there.
The first mosaic shows how it looked when I first [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Jul 15th 2009
