Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Norwich & Windsor 2025
We reverted to our normal breakfast time of 8.30 before driving the Hampton Court Palace.
Hampton Court is currently undergoing some restoration which meant the iconic view of the main entrance was covered with scaffolding. The size of the building is impressive but somehow the history of this amazing place didn’t come alive for me.
The one [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 31st 2025
Filed under Holidays, Windsor 2022
Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.
Miyamoto Musashi
2 Comments CherryPie on Jun 4th 2023
Filed under Holidays, Windsor 2022
We set off later than we intended, stopping at Warwick services for lunch. The place was heaving, so we picked up some sandwiches and drinks for an in-car picnic before continuing on our journey, which took us to a small village called Brill. Brill was Tolkien’s inspiration for the village of Bree in Lord of [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 12th 2022
From the St Paul’s Cathedral website:
The present St Paul’s is the fifth cathedral to have stood on the site since 604, and was built between 1675 and 1710, after its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London. This was the first cathedral to be built after the English Reformation in the sixteenth century, [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 23rd 2012
