Archive for April, 2021
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About, Science & Nature
A Mini Adventure
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 28th 2021
Filed under Anecdotes, This & That
Woodland Walk…
… followed by fine dining
The afternoon sunshine was glorious but sadly it wasn’t quite warm enough to dine al fresco.
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 27th 2021
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Sunday Afternoon at Arley Arboretum
The Arley Arboretum is tucked away in the beautiful countryside of the Worcestershire and Shropshire borders near Bewdley, it boasts more than 300 species of trees in formal and informal plantings and gardens. The collection includes many rare and spectacular domestic and exotic trees. Nestling in the Severn Valley and overlooking the river, it has been [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 26th 2021
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A Six Mile Trek…
… linking pathways together
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 24th 2021
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A Window of Opportunity
After taking my mum for her second Covid vaccination and before a garden get together with family members I had a window of opportunity to take advantage of the glorious sunshine.
I walked to my favourite local pool and sat for a while enjoying the sounds of nature. I watched fish swimming just under the surface [...]
5 Comments CherryPie on Apr 19th 2021
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
Dorothy Clive Gardens…
… on a sunny Sunday afternoon
The garden’s initial creation lay in Colonel Harry Clive’s wartime decision of 1940, to provide his ailing wife – Dorothy – with a ‘series of interesting walks’ as she battled with Parkinson’s disease. Unfortunately Dorothy died in 1942 but Colonel Clive continued work apace throughout the 1940s and 1950s, especially [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Apr 19th 2021
