We set off on our journey a little later than intended and stopped off for a cup of tea in a local farm shop before continuing on our journey. The SatNav took us on a completely different route (via Kidderminster and not through the Herefordshire countryside) than it did on our previous visit to Colwall.
This [...]
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Colwall – Day One
18 Comments CherryPie on Jun 12th 2017
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A Room with a View
I have just returned from a few days away. The weather was mostly kind to us
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 9th 2017
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
Leonardo da Vinci
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 4th 2017
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The Crypt – Winchester Cathedral
The original Norman east end of the Cathedral was built upon a crypt, which remains virtually unchanged. It contains a well, underneath the High Altar, which my pre-date the present Cathedral.*
This superb low-vaulted stone crypt, which floods in rainy months, dates from the 11th century, the earliest phase of building the Cathedral. Here you’ll find Antony [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 17th 2017
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The Chapel of St John the Evangelist and the Fisherman Apostles
On my first visit to Winchester Cathedral one of the south transept chapels, The Chapel of St John the Evangelist and the Fisherman Apostles, drew me in. Within this chapel can be found the grave of Izaak Walton, who became famous as the author of ‘The Complete Angler’.
The modern altar by Peter Eugine Ball [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Mar 14th 2017
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 6th 2017
The manor house was radically altered in the nineteenth century, and remained a family home until 1953.*
The present condition of the manor house interior is the result of extensive dry rot that nearly destroyed the building forty years ago. Wooden plugs in the walls reveal where damaged panelling was stripped away. The ground floor and [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 4th 2017
