Perhaps these ancient observatories like Stonehenge perennially impress modern people because modern people have no idea how the Sun, Moon, or stars move. We are too busy watching evening television to care what’s going on in the sky.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Archive for the tag 'Wiltshire'
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Norwich & Windsor 2025
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
5 Comments CherryPie on Oct 5th 2025
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Norwich & Windsor 2025
Norwich & Windsor – Day Eight
We were a little later than usual to breakfast because Mr C wanted to pack his bags beforehand so that we could check out of the hotel as soon as we had finished eating. At breakfast I discovered the delights of the pancake machine that I had intended to try earlier during our stay, but [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 5th 2025
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays
Stonehenge Virtual Challenge
Our next holiday adventure, although still in the planning stage is coming together. We will visit Norwich for a few days where we hope to catch up with friends and also enjoy Mr C’s 60th birthday present from last year. The present is an afternoon seas rather than an afternoon tea.
Our next destination will be [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 22nd 2025
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Sherborne & Cirencester 2021
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J.
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 10th 2022
The breakfast experience in the hotel was a little chaotic but the food was excellent. I chose waffles with fruit compote which arrived with a spoonful of clotted cream on top. Clotted cream, or any other cream, is not what I enjoy (or expect) at breakfast, I removed it and put it to the side [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 30th 2021
After breakfast we checked out of our hotel and drove to Stourhead House & Gardens in glorious sunshine. We signed in at the National Trust reception area before heading through to the house and gardens. It was around 20 years since our previous visit and it was our first visit to the house, which contains [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jun 28th 2021
After breakfast we headed to Stonehenge for which we had pre-booked tickets, arriving earlier than our ticket time but were able to go in due to the low number of visitors. I have never seen Stonehenge’s car park so quiet.
We booked in and collected our ticket to visit the stones (most of the site is [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 26th 2021
