By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the heart of Jesus.
Mother Teresa
Archive for the tag 'Weekend away'
Comments Off CherryPie on Sep 11th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Holidays, Wells 2016
Busy Again ;-)
Yesterday I returned from a lovely but all to brief weekend away in Wells. Shortly after we arrived home we were visited by the gentleman who is organising the next phase of work in our garden so that he could confirm what work needed to be done.
The men who were going to do the garden [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 19th 2016
Filed under Holidays, Lincoln 2016
Charlotte House Hotel – Lincoln
Situated in Lincolns historic Cathedral Quarter directly opposite Lincoln Castle, the hotel enjoys an enviable location and is surrounded by 8 acres of landscaped gardens which include the Sir Joseph Banks conservatory, a 5000 sq ft tropical glasshouse with exotic plants and running water features and the beautiful John Dawber walled gardens. The Art Deco [...]
5 Comments CherryPie on Jul 18th 2016
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Proverbs 8:17
Comments Off CherryPie on Jul 17th 2016
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2016
Victorian Printing Press
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 16th 2016
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2016
Lincoln: Birthplace of the Tank
Lincoln was at the forefront of the invention of the ‘tank’, playing a vital role in the development of the fighting machine that changed the face of warfare.*
William Foster & Company was the pioneer of the tank. It was from the designs and drawings made by William A Tritton, then marketing director of the company [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 14th 2016
Lincoln Victoria Cross hero Charles Sharpe’s trench attack is immortalised in the Museum of Lincolnshire Life.
He [Corporal Charles Clarke] captured an enemy trench single-handedly and led a successful assault on another in the German lines near Rouges Bancs in northern France during the Battle of Aubers Ridge in May 1915.
The official citation published in the [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 13th 2016
