Hadriana's Treasures

Hi lovely to meet you too 'About Last Weekend&...

2012-02-08T15:06:48.724Z

Hi lovely to meet you too 'About Last Weekend' ! Many thanks for leaving a comment. With a bit of luck I can tempt Fly and her mum (and family) to come and stay here. We very much look forward to taking them back to the site. :-) Hadriana
PS - Be nice if I can tempt you back to this blog too! ;-)

Hi nice to meet you, came through Modern Mother. W...

2012-02-06T17:55:14.448Z

Hi nice to meet you, came through Modern Mother. What a fascinating story. What a shame her mother could not revisit that site again

Both Sandi and Mark write terrific blogs too. :-) ...

2012-02-04T16:12:05.108Z

Both Sandi and Mark write terrific blogs too. :-) (Hadriana)

P.S.: It will be a pleasure to show Fly and family around...that invitation is extended to bloggers and non-bloggers as well. This is a fantastically rich region - both in landscape and history and very friendly people....

Have a great weekend! Hadriana :-)

Fly - you do get around. I remember Brampton and G...

2012-02-04T13:49:00.810Z

Fly - you do get around. I remember Brampton and Gilsland from when my grandparents used to holiday there.

Many thanks Fly. Great to have you here posting an...

2012-02-03T15:45:36.072Z

Many thanks Fly. Great to have you here posting and commenting and visiting as well (with luck)! Hxx

Hello Sandi. Hope you are well. Glad to have you here. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. One of these days my fairy godmother is going to wave her wand to give me lots more time so I can visit everyone's blogs again. ;-) Hxx

What a wonderful idea this is, sharing blog space!...

2012-02-03T15:14:11.408Z

What a wonderful idea this is, sharing blog space! What wonderful memories are being shared and after all, I suppose that is what blogging is all about. Our ancestors called it Journaling...thanks for sharing and allowing the sharing
Sandi (from Holding Patterns and One Cat Shy of Crazy)

Perpetua, I've been allowed to reply on this b...

2012-02-03T14:56:39.676Z

Perpetua, I've been allowed to reply on this blog...yes, there are odd things.
My father told me of when he was a young man taking a cart load of copper ore through Glasgow on a moonlit night he came to a bridge known as the White Brig and the horse refused to proceed.
No coaxing would budge it.
He said there was as superstition that if you looked between the horse's ears you would see what the horse saw, so I asked him if he did and he said that he had...and he saw Death.
Not a skeleton in black with a scythe...just the presence of Death.
And he wasn't psychic either.

Hadriana...a lovely invitation! I'm hoping mother will be fit enough to come out to see us, so there's a chance that I could take you up on your invitation when I come over to get her organised for the trip. She would be delighted as she has such happy memories of the area...it was where she met my father.

I'm really glad to have followed the link from...

2012-02-03T13:24:39.952Z

I'm really glad to have followed the link from Costa Rica calling and found this. :-) Splendid stuff, Fly. I'm totally unpsychic too, but there really are some things beyond rational explanation.

I was thinking, Fly, that if ever you, Mr.Fly and ...

2012-02-03T13:09:45.848Z

I was thinking, Fly, that if ever you, Mr.Fly and your mum ever come up this way we could organise a visit to Naworth Castle and the area. It would be a tremendous pleasure to show you around! :-)

You and your mum, Fly, are stars too! Hxx

2012-02-03T13:06:07.584Z

You and your mum, Fly, are stars too! Hxx

Thasnk you for letting me tell some of mother'...

2012-02-03T12:55:12.826Z

Thasnk you for letting me tell some of mother's stories!

As for David Niven, she remembers him receiving a package in the mess from a well known Hollywood female star...(whose name she forgets!)
To the hoots of his friends it turned out to be a hand knitted willy warmer!
She loved Naworth, the area and the people...so it was a shame she could not visit it again.

Oh...and thank you for the plug!

See more of Helen's writing at: http://costa-r...

2012-02-03T12:49:40.223Z

See more of Helen's writing at:
http://costa-rica-life.blogspot.com
She writes about her life in Costa Rica and also in Rural France.

I really do wish to extend my thanks to Helen aka ...

2012-02-03T12:34:39.654Z

I really do wish to extend my thanks to Helen aka Fly in the Web for this wonderful post. It's something we've talking about for a while...so it's great to see her mum's story here. I'm hoping to write some more about Naworth Castle. So please do watch this space! H :-)

Please ignore my terrible typos as regards Cirence...

2012-02-02T12:38:00.560Z

Please ignore my terrible typos as regards Cirencester...(usually including an extra 'c'...maybe I was thinking of a circus - ring - amphitheatre as I wrote the post. That's my defence anyway. Many thanks to @cyas on Twitter for pointing out the schoolgirl/boy error!!!) Hxx

Hi Mark - I've not been to Caerleon and would ...

2012-02-02T12:36:22.963Z

Hi Mark - I've not been to Caerleon and would like to go some time. I've heard a lot about it. I'll give you a shout if we are in that area. :-)

Thanks, Fly, just sent you a quick e-mail. :-)

Oh! I'll take a look. Thank you!

2012-02-01T15:29:47.066Z

Oh! I'll take a look. Thank you!

And there you were just down the road from em in C...

2012-01-31T22:53:14.469Z

And there you were just down the road from em in Chippenham - mind you, I'd probably have been in Wales. Ever been to Caerleon?

BTW - Fly in previous posts I have added on an art...

2012-01-31T16:21:24.784Z

BTW - Fly in previous posts I have added on an article I found about how the Swedish were able to resolve their banking mess in the early 1990s. Looks like they did a very good job...

Many thanks, Fly, for your comment. I was very imp...

2012-01-31T16:20:11.208Z

Many thanks, Fly, for your comment. I was very impressed by Circencester and we must go back to explore it more. The museum, itself, is very splendid and there is plenty of history there. Not all of it is Roman but to get an idea of Roman life in Britain it is absolutely superb! :-)

I went on a school trip there more years ago than ...

2012-01-31T14:53:30.156Z

I went on a school trip there more years ago than I like to recall...our history mistress was a perfect guide.
Nice to be reminded of it.

I agree with you, Fly. Maps are wonderous things! ...

2012-01-31T12:20:05.953Z

I agree with you, Fly. Maps are wonderous things! Good luck! Mucha suerte!

Thanks, Maggie, it's great (snow) and a pain at the same time!! ;-)

Many thanks, Lynne and NB. It looked particularly beautiful on Saturday. :-)

Mark, Many thanks for your thoughts. Maybe I'...

2012-01-31T12:02:48.995Z

Mark,

Many thanks for your thoughts.

Maybe I'll blog about this some time but the Swedes have been through th pain and may have some lessons for us all:

Great article which I have just found:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/311268-the-swedish-solution-to-the-debt-crisis

Applies the Swedish solution to the rest of the world. We need to press the restart button.

Computer does not say no! (for a change....!) :-) Hadriana :-)

It's a beautiful part of the world - and the f...

2012-01-31T09:34:20.729Z

It's a beautiful part of the world - and the frost only makes it look even better

I think, broadly that it is to complex to understa...

2012-01-29T19:10:43.419Z

I think, broadly that it is to complex to understand - but I do sense and implicit conspiracy that keeps wages higher than they need be and continues to reward failure. Part of the issue is that its too easy for banks to make obscene amounts of money with minimal risk, especially in times of growth.

It all looks beautiful. Looks like a walk to blow ...

2012-01-28T17:15:00.770Z

It all looks beautiful. Looks like a walk to blow away the cobwebs.
I think I have some catching up to do here.