tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post3059202772913701499..comments2024-03-19T08:06:06.018+00:00Comments on Life of a Fifty-Something Yorkshireman: Thornton AbbeyRarelesserspottedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15865928245970626612noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-79734179850159558422011-04-27T19:04:18.708+01:002011-04-27T19:04:18.708+01:00Hi Wheelie - interesting view point. I agree there...Hi Wheelie - interesting view point. I agree there's a sort of sad beauty in such places, I tend to find they are fairly serene places in which meditation is easy and welcomed.<br /><br />Henry was a strange character and despite a few books I've read about him, his life and wives etc., I'm not sure I can sum up the driver which turned him into what it did. Simply the desire of a son? I doubt it.<br />XRarelesserspottedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865928245970626612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-76181936474001456702011-04-27T14:43:32.605+01:002011-04-27T14:43:32.605+01:00As a bit bit of a history buff, after all these ye...As a bit bit of a history buff, after all these years I still get annoyed at the beauty that was destroyed by 'our 'eneriy. Still it led to the freedom to worship. So that's a plus.<br /><br />I reluctantly agree though. There is a beauty in ruin.Wheeliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798837094383674273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-84303005431782272722011-04-26T17:53:38.833+01:002011-04-26T17:53:38.833+01:00Hi Elizabeth
You'd enjoy it without going into...Hi Elizabeth<br />You'd enjoy it without going into the gatehouse. Hope that issue gets resolved soon. I sort of love Easter eggs for their taste and fun factor (refridgerated and brittle chocolate) but I sorta don't need the calories.<br />XX<br /><br />Hi ChrisJ<br />Yes indeed it is - nature is incredible and although we heard the call of a peacock at Thornton Abbey - we never saw it.<br />XXRarelesserspottedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865928245970626612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-71670987795475088282011-04-26T06:44:14.328+01:002011-04-26T06:44:14.328+01:00Interesting post. I agree about Nature. My husba...Interesting post. I agree about Nature. My husband likes to say, wryly, "Isn't evolution brilliant to have designed a peacock's feather?"ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550420299395301062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-45909475352223297902011-04-25T21:23:16.511+01:002011-04-25T21:23:16.511+01:00It sounds and looks a really interesting place, bu...It sounds and looks a really interesting place, but I think I'll have to put it down as one for when I find steps less of an issue! <br /><br />I'm sorry you didn't get an easter egg 'though ...everybody should have at least one! xxElizabethhttp://www.stanforth-sharpe.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-5543531016891203262011-04-25T10:48:10.019+01:002011-04-25T10:48:10.019+01:00Donna
You are so kind and I hope you have an excel...Donna<br />You are so kind and I hope you have an excellent Easter too. My ex-colleague who is 60 and just retired has decided to spend the next couple of years exploring his own county and country, something, he says, he's never really done. It's all on the doorstep.<br />XX<br /><br />Hi Jarmara<br />Thank you for your kind comment. The sound effects would make you drift off with the lightest of hearts and with all the love of everything and everyone about you!<br />XXRarelesserspottedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865928245970626612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-88822070196767024072011-04-25T09:57:17.726+01:002011-04-25T09:57:17.726+01:00Thank you for your guided tour of Thornton Abbey. ...Thank you for your guided tour of Thornton Abbey. Most enjoyable, but next time could we have the sound effects to go with it too :-)Paula RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550276147711384895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-27373843130495990062011-04-25T01:05:12.960+01:002011-04-25T01:05:12.960+01:00You know what I like about you ? You appreciate th...You know what I like about you ? You appreciate that which is right under your nose.And you do a fine job of sharing it with others. Well done. Happy EasterDonna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.com