Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.
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Archive for June, 2010
Filed under Holidays, York 2010
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 13th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Holidays, York 2010
York – Day Two
The plan was to visit Newby Hall and Gardens but by the time I had driven there it was a few minutes to early to go in so I drove on to Ripon because it was almost time for a mid morning cuppa. I was tempted by a rather colourful display of cup cakes in [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 13th 2010
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York – Day One
It proved rather difficult to get a good nights sleep before the long drive to York, because it was the night of many noises:
A house alarm going off continually which is against current regulations.
A car engine running just outside the window for quite some time.
Accompanying the car engine were two people having a [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 12th 2010
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, York 2010
PhotoHunt – Bubbles
One of the places I visited during my long weekend was Burton Agnes Hall. The hall has a very fine garden which is one of the best I have visited. I will be posting on both the hall and the garden more fully in due course, but for now meet Agnes (the 2nd).
Whilst designing [...]
26 Comments CherryPie on Jun 11th 2010
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Lady Anne Middleton’s Hotel
I found this hotel via the internet and it appealed to me straight away because it had it’s own garden and a car park. The hotel consists of collection of six historic buildings some of which are grade II listed. The website provides a bit of history on each of the buildings:
Walking through the grounds of [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 11th 2010
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A Weekend Away
I am currently having a relaxing day after my long weekend in York. I stayed in a nice hotel that was away from the hustle and bustle and just on the edge of town, but with all the attractions easily accessible by foot. Yet again I managed to get a free room upgrade [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 10th 2010
