Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent August 2011
The home of the Sackville-Wests:
The house is now in the care of the National Trust; however, the Trust only owns the house and about 43 acres (170,000 m2) of the park. Considerably more than half the house is still home to the Sackville-Wests. Lord Sackville and his family still own the gardens and the rest [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 13th 2012
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent August 2011
Last year on one of my trips to Kent, there was just enough time (before catching the train home) to visit the Dover museum where the Bronze Age boat is housed. It is a very interesting exhibition, but sadly I have no photos, it was a bit too dark. The photos here were taken [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Mar 12th 2012
The viaduct is on the Settle-Carlisle Railway line. It has 24 arches, is 100 feet high and 440 yards long.
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 8th 2012
Filed under Holidays, Kent January 2012
The tower of the medieval Church of St Mildreds dominates the market town of Tenterden.
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 18th 2012
Filed under Art, Holidays, Kent February 2010
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out Whistlestop PhotoHunt.
18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 17th 2012
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Kent January 2012
From the Cathedral guidebook:
The pilgrim steps, their stone treads worn down by countless pilgrims over the centuries, are now protected by wooden boards. The shrine these pilgrims had come to visit was that of a an called William. Little is know about, him except that he was probably a baker from Perth in [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 17th 2012
