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
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Filed under Holidays, Taormina 2019
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 6th 2021
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
West Dean Gardens
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
Fishbourne Roman Palace
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
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
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
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
Stonehenge Walk
10 Comments CherryPie on May 22nd 2021
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Sherborne 2019
Sherborne Abbey
Although there was probably an earlier Celtic church on the site Aldhelm is celebrated as the founder of the Christian Church in Sherborne in 705 AD. Founded as a cathedral it became an Abbey in 1075 before finally becoming the parish church of Sherborne with the dissolution of the monasteries. For many it is still [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 20th 2021
