Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Art, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
The Mining Art Gallery located in Bishop Auckland contains artwork of prominent artists including art from Tom McGuiness and Norman Cornish. The Mining Art Gallery provides a unique insight into the lives and souls of coal miners by depicting their life in the mines and the communities that grew around them.
These incredible pieces illuminate and [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 11th 2022
Filed under Art, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
The life size bronze statue of Stan Laurel is located on Theatre Corner, the site once occupied by the Eden Theatre owned by his parents. Laurel, featured in his iconic head-scratching pose, dressed in dungarees, with paintbrush in hand, is standing on a cubed marble plinth, with 13 iconic film reels at his heels.
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 10th 2022
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Sherborne & Cirencester 2021
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J.
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 10th 2022
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
Now the chapel of St. John’s College, the church of St. Mary The Less was founded in the 12th century as a garrison chapel for soldiers stationed on the nearby city walls.
Its name is believed to have been chosen to distinguish it from Durham Cathedral, which is dedicated to Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 23rd 2021
Filed under Harrogate 2021, Holidays
The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are there.
Yasutani Roshi
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2021
Filed under Harrogate 2021, Heritage, Holidays
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 2nd 2021
Filed under Harrogate 2021, Holidays
… around Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal
15 Comments CherryPie on Nov 28th 2021
