It is not down in any map; true places never are.
Herman Melville
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2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 13th 2022
Filed under Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
Durham Night & Day
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 6th 2022
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
Durham Heritage Timeline
The heritage timeline is a series of granite stones stretching over 42 meters on the Market Square from St. Nicholas Church to the equestrian statue of the Marquess of Londonderry. It shows a stylised river and tree flowing through the 1,000 years of time and history, 40 stones have bronze reliefs, others engravings, and most [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 2nd 2022
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
The Old Cupboard Postbox – Quarry Heads Lane, Durham
The first maps of Durham show a surprising direction for Durham City’s first Great North Road. Published in 1598 and 1610, they suggest that South Street was a major route and the strip map in ‘Britannia Depicta’ of 1720 confirms its place on the north-south link. This western route was more direct, allowing mail coaches [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 1st 2022
Filed under Holidays, Taormina 2019
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
I don’t climb mountains. Mountains climb me. The mountain is myself. I climb on myself.
Nanao Sasaki
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 31st 2022
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
A Short Walk…
…from the Durham Marriot Hotel
I would have loved to walk further down this side of the river with its hidden heritage. Time was not in my favour, I had to turn back when I reached the Durham bandstand with its unique weathervane.
Mr C was patiently waiting for me, we had a date with Hartlepool…
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 30th 2022
2 Comments CherryPie on Jan 29th 2022
