I was looking through some of my photographs the other day and came across several of lovely trees. I thought I’d share them.
I love trees, and they are so important, not only for helping with removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turning it to oxygen, but also to preserve other wildlife.
I wanted to visit this house for some time, so when my brother-in-law and his wife came down last summer we eventually went to visit.
Here are some photos I took.
Part of the gardens. Not exactly a walled garden, but the same idea.
This is the entrance
The courtyard, just inside the main gate.
This little window intrigued me. It was from one room to another, but I’ve no idea what it was originally there for.
The music and entertainment room.
I took very few inside the house. I don’t know why, really.
The house was built in the1340s around a courtyard. All four sides are surrounded by a moat. There were alterations made in the 15th, 16th and 17the centuries.
It is now owned by the National Trust, a body that owns many of the UK’s great houses and also land. It is a Charity.
I don’t know of any other houses that are completely moated, but there are likely to be a few as many houses in the middle ages were fortified.
Do you know of any?
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In July, I went with my husband son and partner to the Lake District for a week. I promised some pictures, so here they are at last.
We were very lucky with the weather. the Lake District is notorious for being wet. Not really surprising. Where else do all those lakes come from?
A tarn is a small lake high in the mountains.
This little town sprang to fame some years ago when a flood swept away the bridge over the river Derwent.
The statue is of the 6th Earl of Mayo, who was MP for Cockermouth from 1857 to 1867.
Windermere is the largest lake in the Lake District.
Fell Foot is the grounds of what used to be a Victorian mansion. This is an arch built like a castle which, I think, let to the boat house.
There are facilities for walking, swimming, paddle boarding, kayaking and other water sports.
It was a bit of a grey day, but you can still make out the mountains at the north
The River Leven just after it leaves Windermere. As you can see, it started to rain.
The view over Derwent Water and Keswick from Cat Bells.
This is looking across the river estuary to Millom. As you can see it was a very wet day. We got soaked. It was a Nature Reserve, but even Nature didn’t venture out.
The Lake District is one of England’s most beautiful parts. If you get the chance, you should visit.
Have you been? Let us know in the comments.
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I have recently returned from a holiday in Greece. While there, I visited Ancient Corinth. (Well worth a visit, especially if you are a Christian. You can see the very place where St Paul was tried for preaching Christianity.)
There is a small museum there where they show some of the things they unearthed while excavating the site. Amongst them were some mosaics from Roman villa floors. They are beautiful, and I thought I’d share them with you. I thought it pertinent at the moment because of the pre-order of Vengeance of a Slave. Adelbehrt, the slave of the title, is taken to a Roman villa where there would have been similar mosaics decorating the floors.
These pictures should give an idea of the beauty of the floors in the Roman villas.
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Adelbhert is only six years old when he is forced to watch his father and other men from his village being crucified in revenge for an attack on the Roman city of Mogontiacum.
Then he and his little sister are taken as slaves. They are sold to a merchant who takes them to the distant and mysterious island of Britannia. Here he is treated like a pet until he grows up and is no longer a pretty child.
His experiences make him hate the Romans and he resolves to escape one day and have revenge. but his hatred is eating away at his soul.
Will he get the chance to escape, and if so, can he remain free? And how can one young man take on the might of the Roman Army and win?
I’ve just come back from a holiday in France where I visited some places I’d not heard of before. Here are some of the photos I took of these places. They are lovely towns no one knows about.
Kortrijk
Tourcoing
Monlucon
Mortagne-au Perche
I think France is a beautiful country and it has some hidden gems as these photos prove.
What do you think about these unknown places? Add your comments in the comments box.
I felt I had to post these pictures I took when I was in Paris.
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Here are some hilarious photos.
In April, my husband and I went to New York for the first time. I thought I would share some of the photos with you all.
We had a wonderful time, seeing all the sights. It was very exciting being in the city we had seen so often on the television, in both films and news. My only regret was that we did not have enough time to visit all of it, but spent most of our time in Manhattan. Perhaps another time?
We had a wonderful time. I’ll post some more in the future.
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I’ve just had a holiday in the English Lake District. Here are some photographs I took there.
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