The traffic to Stafford station was heavier than expected. This cut it a bit fine for getting to the station in time for printing off the tickets. Luckily the ticket printing ran smoothly, which is not always the case.
Once on the train, we had a bacon buttie and cup of tea for breakfast. Some things [...]
Archive for March, 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Mechelen 2014
Mechelen – Day One
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 31st 2014
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
You give your children two things:
you give them roots and you give them wings.
From my Mother always used to say… by Anna Tochter
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 30th 2014
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Brough Castle
This ruined castle was situated next to a delightful tea-shop that we stumbled across on our way home from our Newcastle and Crookham holiday.
I have now come to the end of my Newcastle and Crookham posts and will be moving onto my recent adventures in Mechelen.
The name ‘Brough’ comes from ‘Burg’ or ‘Burgh’ meaning fort, [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 29th 2014
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Grace Darling
Within St Aidan’s churchyard stands an effigy to Grace Darling:
Grace Horsley Darling was born on 24th November 1815 in her grandfather’s cottage here in Bamburgh. She was the seventh child of nine. At only three weeks old she was taken to live on Brownsman Island, in the Farne islands, where her father, William was lighthouse [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 28th 2014
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A Christmas Gift
It is my turn at Vision & Verb today. My post is about about the choice of a weekend away in Mechelen as a Christmas gift.
I invite you to join me there.
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 28th 2014
St Aidan’s memorial:
According to the Venerable Bede, St Aidan Bishop of Lindesfarne died near this place in AD. 651.
This memorial was dedicated in 2013 by John Sentamu Archbishop of York.
One of the churches stained glassed windows.
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 27th 2014
