Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
We set off on our journey in glorious sunshine; planning to have lunch on the way. The SatNav was advising an hour’s delay on the motorway so we decided to take a detour which led us to a lovely café that we have previously visited, The Café Craycombe at Fladbury in the Vale of Evesham.
We [...]
7 Comments CherryPie on Jun 19th 2021
No man can cross the same river twice because neither the man nor the river are the same.
Heraclitus
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 14th 2021
Filed under Holidays, Sherborne & Cirencester 2021
Ted has been on an adventure…
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 12th 2021
Filed under Holidays, Taormina 2019
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity…
John Muir
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 6th 2021
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
There have been gardens on this site since 1622, when the original manor house was built by James Lewkenor. In 1804, when the current house was built, the gardens were enlarged and park was laid out, and the kitchen garden was moved to its present position and enclosed by walls.
Many of the existing mature beeches, [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on May 27th 2021
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
A C1 AD formal Roman courtyard garden, enclosed within the partly excavated wings of a Roman palace and reconstructed according to field evidence revealed through excavation and planted in accordance with known contemporary planting styles.
HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT
The site at Fishbourne was first occupied by the Romans as a military base in the early stages of the [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on May 25th 2021
Filed under Holidays, Taormina 2019
The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.
Gregory Bateson
10 Comments CherryPie on May 23rd 2021
