PUBLIC PLACES
More regular grazing of cattle and sheep has helped reduce this and encourage planted wildflower swathes to prosper. The aim is make the lower fields yet more floriferous and appealing to visitors when they are free of livestock
” The devastation caused at Chartwell by the 1987 ‘hurricane’
areas beyond the lake. “Previously, these meadow areas have, if anything, been under-grazed, encouraging a build-up of thatch,” said Tim.
Gunneras, a tropical favourite of Churchill, protected over winter by their own cut leaves
“More regular grazing of cattle and sheep has helped reduce this and encourage planted wildflower swathes to prosper. The aim is make the lower fields yet more floriferous and appealing to visitors when they are free of livestock.” The National Trust is a conservation charity and, in dry summer conditions, there is no watering of grassed areas. Lawns are allowed to brown and restore themselves naturally. Composting is a big part of the work and absolutely everything that can be used for this is. Everything green stays on site.
Greatest Briton of all time
opportune to revisit some of the great man’s quotes:
“Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
The English never draw a line without blurring it.
Sir Winston Churchill was voted the ‘Greatest Briton of all time’ in an extensive BBC poll carried out in 2002, beating off other notables such as Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Diana, Princess of Wales, Charles Darwin, William Shakespeare, Sir Isaac Newton and John Lennon.
Given the political turmoil the country has endured in the past few years, it is perhaps
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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Even though the house is closed through the winter, Sir Winston’s studio remains open and there is a strong interaction with the gardens and grounds, highlighted now by outdoor exhibitions in January and February, which began last year. Using the actual landscape to present these shows how much the grounds meant during his time here. His pictures are displayed at the exact point he painted them and visitors can also see what he saw through a blank frame. There cannot be friendlier grounds than those at Chartwell, surely one of the National Trust’s flagship sites. Our thanks to the National Trust for providing some of the images. For more about Chartwell or any of the organisation’s properties visit
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, it’s also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
I am prepared to meet my maker. Whether my maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
What is adequacy? Adequacy is no standard at all.
There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.
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