We were up, not necessarily bright but early, at 4 am in order to be at Manchester airport for a 5.30 check-in. The heavy rain that had started the previous afternoon had almost stopped as we loaded our luggage into the car. At the airport we headed to the check in desk and found that [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Taormina 2019
Taormina – Day Two
19 Comments CherryPie on Oct 19th 2019
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Taormina – Day One
All packed and ready to go on our travels to Italy, we set off mid afternoon for our overnight stay in the Premier Inn near to Manchester airport. We chose the quick route using the motorway which turned out to be unexpectedly slow and the fading afternoon light led to unpleasant driving conditions. This caused [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 17th 2019
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
I do not think I shall ever forget the sight of Etna at sunset; the mountain almost invisible in a blur of pastel grey, glowing on the top and repeating its shape, as though reflected, in a wisp of grey smoke with the whole horizon behind radiant with pink light, fading gently into a grey [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 13th 2019
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Sherborne 2019
Cheap Street Methodist Church – Sherbourne
In 1821 Mr William Dingley arrived in Sherborne from Launceston Cornwall.
He began worshipping in the Congregational Church in Long Street, but finding it too full and difficult to obtain a seat he decided to erect his own Wesleyan Chapel.
So in 1824 he purchased land and a large outhouse in Cheap Street and converted it into [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 5th 2019
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The Conduit – Sherbourne
The Conduit at the bottom of Sherborne’s South Street.
The hexagonal 16th-century structure originally stood in the north cloisters of the abbey, where it was used for washing by the monks.
It was moved to this site after Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 4th 2019
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The Public Weighbridge – Sherbourne
The Public Weighbridge House dates from the 1700s and is a Grade II listed property located within the Sherborne Conservation Area. It stands to the south and in front of Sherborne Abbey adjacent to Half Moon Street. Here, despite the small size of the building, it provides an important visual element to this part of [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 3rd 2019
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St Nicholas Church, Norton
St Nicholas’ Church is a Grade II* listed building.[2] The church’s dedication was changed in 1490, to St Nicholas having previously been dedicated to St Magnus Martyr.[3]
The church was rebuilt in 1776, reusing medieval foundations and is considered a good example of the early Gothic revival. The rebuilding was financed by the Frampton family, who lived in the nearby [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 27th 2019
