This is a view of the cottages at Ightham Mote, they face the West Front of the house where the Tower is situated. They are half timbered and were originally thought to be Elizabethan, but now the timbers have dated them to around 1475.
At first constructed entirely of wood and plaster, the ground floor [...]
Archive for the tag 'Weekend away'
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
Ightham Mote Outer Courtyard
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 1st 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
Ightham Mote
This is one of the properties I visited on my weekend away in October. I know I promised gardens but I thought I would share pictures of the property itself first.
Ightham Mote is a wonderfully quaint manor house and has been standing for over 650 years. A visit there is like stepping back in time. [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Dec 31st 2009
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,
we must carry it with us, or we find it not.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 6th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
Back Again
Just when I thought things were settling back to normal after two “one of those days” I encountered the dreaded…
…500 – Internal server error.
Followed by this alarming briefing when I got to work. Normal service seems to be resumed on my blog, although I have not received any communication on what the problem was.
Due to [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 1st 2009
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009, Science & Nature
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Last Sunday I finally came to the end of my original 52 thoughts for the week, so from now on my thought for the week will be picked according to my mood on the day. In time I will get around to a post with links to all the discussions, so they can be seen [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 29th 2009
Filed under Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
PhotoHunt – Bird(s)
Both of these were taken when I visited Malmesbury earlier this year. You will have to look closely to see the bird in the second photograph.
I hope you all have a great weekend
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
26 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2009
Filed under Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
Chartwell – The Swimming Pool
I love the contrast between the bright blue of the water in the swimming pool and the deep green of the water in the upper lake.
In the early years of their occupation at Chartwell, the Churchills used to use the lakes for swimming. You can see the lower lake in this previous post of [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 19th 2009
