All happiness in the world comes from thinking about others, and all suffering in the world comes from preoccupation with yourself.
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Archive for October, 2014
28 Comments CherryPie on Oct 12th 2014
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Winchester – Day Nine
After breakfast it was time to say goodbye to Winchester and its Cathedral and set off on our homeward journey. We stopped off at Hidcote, the first garden that the National Trust took ownership of. We had lunch before strolling round the garden.
We got home mid afternoon and that was when we noticed the first [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 11th 2014
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Winchester – Day Eight
After breakfast it was time to resume our walking tour around Winchester, taking in the sites that were on our ‘To Do’ list. We made our way to the Cathedral which we intended to revisit but when we arrived we noticed a long queue leading to the closed front doors of the Cathedral. Our immediate [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 10th 2014
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Winchester – Day Seven
We returned to Portsmouth to carry on where we left off the previous day. We started off with a visit to the Royal Marines Museum, which is included in the entrance ticket to Portsmouth Docks but situated a short way from the dockyard itself. It was thundering as we arrived and we didn’t quite make [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 9th 2014
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Winchester – Day Six
Portsmouth Dockyard is very large and has so many attractions that we planned to visit on more than one day. On the first visit we visited Nelson’s ship, HMS Victory, first. It was interesting and a lot more compact inside than I had imagined. Even I had to duck my head at times. I found [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 8th 2014
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A Week of Problems
The weekend before last, our washing machine decided to leak onto the kitchen floor. We had been experiencing a few other niggles with it and considering its venerable age we decided it would be more economical in the long run to purchase a new one. We went to a local shop to order a new [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 7th 2014
