Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Gloucester 2023, Heritage, Holidays
Monmouth castle is tucked away in a lane off Monmout’s main shopping street.
Strategically located at crossings of the River Wye and River Monnow, only a few fragments – ruins of the 12th-century Great Tower and 13th-century hall – remain of this once-important castle.
It was founded in the 11th century by Norman lord William fitz Osbern, [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 14th 2023
Filed under Gloucester 2023, Holidays, Science & Nature
On our recent visit to Slimbridge we failed to find the advertised Pelicans but were happy to see all six species of Flamingo (not all captured on camera) residing in their separate watery locations.
18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 11th 2023
There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul: we search for its outlines all our lives.
Josephine Hart
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 10th 2023
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Sir Peter Scott was the son of Antarctic explorer Captain Scott who, in his dying letter, urged Peter’s mother to “make the boy interested in natural history”.
Peter particularly loved the wild open marshes of Britain and the mysterious geese that visited from unknown shores. He learned to protect first the birds, and then their wetland [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 6th 2023
Filed under Gloucester 2023, Holidays
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 4th 2023
Filed under Gloucester 2023, Holidays
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
John Muir
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 3rd 2023
