I have just returned from my annual autumnal travels with my mum. On this occasion we travelled to the fine Cathedral city of Winchester
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Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Winchester 2016
A Room with a View
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 18th 2016
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
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
