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Hartlepool Headland Story Trail

On our visit to the Heugh Battery I picked up a leaflet for a circular walk around the headland of Hartlepool. The trail is made up of a series of 17 information points located around the Ancient Borough of Hartlepool. After our museum visit we set off on the trail, starting and ending at point [...]

Comments Off CherryPie on Mar 23rd 2022

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Heugh Battery Museum

The museum tells the story of the Bombardment of the Hartlepools, which took place on Wednesday 16th December 1914, when the guns of the battery were engaged in ship-to-shore combat with the German navy.
The site of the Heugh Gun Battery has been a military position since the 17th century. Now the Heugh Battery Museum sits [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 22nd 2022

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Pretty in Pink

4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 22nd 2022

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Ludlow

After lunch on Saturday we headed off to Ludlow for the afternoon where Mr C had it in mind to visit the castle. On our way there I suggested we had a quick look inside the Church of St Laurence. I was keen to see how it looked now the Victorian pews had been removed. [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 21st 2022

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New Scarf Selfie on a Sunny Afternoon Walk

4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 18th 2022

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A Walk in Attingham Park

After lunch I enjoyed a lovely sunny drive to Attingham Park. On arrival at Attingham I realised that I had forgotten to pick up a scarf. It was rather windy so I visited the shop to see if there was something suitable, there was.
My walk took me past the few remaining snowdrops and through the [...]

Comments Off CherryPie on Mar 18th 2022

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Egglestone Abbey

The abbey of St Mary and St John the Baptist was founded at Egglestone between 1195 and 1198 for Premonstratensian canons. St Norbert had founded the Premonstratensian Order at Prémontré in France in 1121, adopting the rule of St Augustine and borrowing from the stricter Cistercians’ rule. The founders of Egglestone were the de Moulton [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on Mar 16th 2022

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