Archive for May, 2016

We had an extra day off courtesy of Her Majesty the Queen in honour of her birthday. The weather was perfect for a short excursion to enjoy the sunshine, whilst it lasted. I did some quick research to find somewhere nearby that we had never been before and we settled on Glansevern Hall Gardens.
Taking advantage [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2016

The weather has been unusually kind to us for a bank holiday weekend. This meant a trip to a garden centre to obtain some plants to fill some of the vacant spaces in our garden borders. We spent this afternoon filling the new border and some pots on the patio. We sat outside for a [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on May 30th 2016

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
The Buddha

10 Comments CherryPie on May 29th 2016

Later this year, in August my brother is getting married and my mum has been struggling to get just the right outfit. Mr C had offered a trip to Birmingham several times but she had resisted taking him up on the offer.  After struggling in the local towns and with internet shopping mum eventually accepted [...]

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10 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2016

After breakfast we checked out of the hotel where we payed the release fee so that the room bear could come home with us. He was named after the room we stayed in (Henry Hanks). We then made our way to the market town, Stow-on-the-Wold where we had a quiet hour mooching around the shops.

When [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on May 24th 2016

As Mr C and I were leaving the hotel after breakfast we passed the gentleman I had been chatting to the evening before . We exchanged pleasantries and wished each other well for for the remainder of our respective travels. After the conversation Mr C and I made our way to Bowood House, taking the [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on May 23rd 2016

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