The fact that the Public and Commercial Services trade union had called a strike on Wednesday gave me the excuse to take an extra day off and accompany Mr C to Newcastle where he was delivering a training course on Thursday. I have fond memories of business trips to Newcastle a number of years ago [...]
Archive for March, 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Newcastle – Day One
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 25th 2013
Filed under Anecdotes
RIP Dear Friend
I am so sad to hear that Jams/Shaun passed away suddenly on Friday. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones.
Let life be as beautiful as summer flowers
And death as beautiful as autumn leaves.
Rabindranath Tagore
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 25th 2013
Filed under This & That
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
In Nature’s infinite book of secrecy, a little can I read.
William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 24th 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Science & Nature
And Still it Snows…
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 24th 2013
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A Bit of Snow
It seems the signs displaying on the motorway on my way home from Newcastle on Thursday were correct. After I arrived home it started snowing and it has hardly stopped since then! Luckily it is thawing almost as quickly as it is snowing so the snow hasn’t got very deep.
These photos were taken [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 23rd 2013
This warning was displayed on all the motorways on my long journey back from a night away in the frozen north. Whilst I was there I took the opportunity to spend time with a friend.
It has been extremely windy and it has snowed most of the day here, but thankfully it is thawing as [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 22nd 2013
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
Compton Verney – The Grounds
The historic grounds at Compton Verney are registered as a Grade II* listed parkland. Most of what you see in the grounds is the result of a long-term project to restore many of the features which Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown (1716 – 1783) created after 1768. Brown was commissioned by John Verney, 14th Baron Willoughby de [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 21st 2013
