Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Winchester 2014
St James’ church was founded in around AD 1000 and appears to be a ‘minster’ church, that is, a church held by the crown and serving a large area. A little of the history of the church can be found here.
The tub font is possibly of Saxon origin but has detailed carving of the first [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Oct 18th 2014
Filed under Holidays, Winchester 2014
Circles within circles:
Within the encircling bank and ditch, the great Outer Circle of Avebury once held 100 standing stones and was the largest stone circle in the British Isles. Arranged north and south inside it, stood two inner circles of large stones, with probably around 30 stones each. Within those in turn stood more [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Oct 17th 2014
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
The West Kennet Avenue leading to the Avebury circle can easily be seen whilst driving to and from Avebury on the whilst travelling along the B4003. Originally there would probably have been around 100 pairs of standing stones.
Each pair arranged roughly 20-30cm from the next pair with the stones of each pair standing around 15m [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 16th 2014
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2014
St Nicolas church as it stands today was completed around 1500 to 1530. There is some evidence that to suggest that the church was used as both a prison and a hospital after the Second Battle of Newbury in 1664.
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 15th 2014
Filed under Holidays, Winchester 2014
The historic town of Newbury is situated on the River Kennet and Kennet and Avon Canal. Wikipedia gives a brief history:
Newbury was founded late in the 11th century following the Norman invasion as a new borough, hence its name. Although there are references to the borough that predate theDomesday Survey it is not mentioned by [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 13th 2014
All happiness in the world comes from thinking about others, and all suffering in the world comes from preoccupation with yourself.
Santideva
28 Comments CherryPie on Oct 12th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Winchester 2014
After breakfast it was time to say goodbye to Winchester and its Cathedral and set off on our homeward journey. We stopped off at Hidcote, the first garden that the National Trust took ownership of. We had lunch before strolling round the garden.
We got home mid afternoon and that was when we noticed the first [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 11th 2014
