The Elan Valley is a place of childhood memories. As a family we visited often at the end of the school holidays just as the trees were turning to shades of autumn. It has been on our wish list (Mr C and I) as a place to visit for over 20 years. On the occasion [...]
Archive for September, 2018
Filed under Holidays, Malvern 2018
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Ultimately we have just one moral duty:
to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it toward others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.
Etty Hillesum
16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 9th 2018
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
Elan Valley Reservoirs
The second location from my recent excursions is finally revealed.
Craig Goch
Craig Goch, the highest upstream of the series of dams in the Elan Valley, is often referred to as the ‘top dam’. It is located at a height of 1040 feet (317m) above sea level. As with all the dams, work started with the arrival [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 6th 2018
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Out & About
Teaser Photos…
… from my previous post
I revealed the first of those photographs as Pitchford Hall.
My next blog post will reveal the second location from that post. The photo above is a second teaser to the second location…
I have just returned from a weekend mini break, meeting up with photographer friends, old and new
I have [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 4th 2018
Filed under Gardens
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
A flower does not compete with the other flowers around it. It just blooms.
Anonymous
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 2nd 2018
