The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Archive for the tag 'Vacation'
Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 7th 2010
Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays
PhotoHunt – Broken
Need I say more?
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38 Comments CherryPie on Feb 12th 2010
Filed under Crookham 2009, Heritage, Holidays
Preston Tower
Preston Tower is a 14th-century Pele Tower and was built in 1392, when warfare between England and Scotland was endemic.
At the time of Agincourt in 1415, it was one of 78 Pele Towers in the county. Its owners included Sir Guiscard Harbottle, who was slain fighting against James IV at the battle of Flodden in [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jan 26th 2010
Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
Tom Wilson
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Crookham 2009, Holidays, Science & Nature
Chillingham Castle
One of my ‘must places to visit’ when I was on my hols in Northumberland was Chillingham Castle because it sounded so interesting. It had the reputation of one of the most haunted castles which I was skeptical about, thinking it a marketing ploy. I will now give you the information I wrote in [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 19th 2009
Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays
PhotoHunt – Fast
The car was traveling fast, not the cows
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26 Comments CherryPie on Dec 18th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Crookham 2009, Faith Foundations, Holidays
Lady Waterford Hall
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 [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 16th 2009
