After breakfast, we set off in glorious sunshine to visit Hughenden, the former home of Benjamin Disraeli. We took advantage of the weather and toured the gardens before entering the house.
As well as being the home of Disraeli, in 1941 the house was requisitioned by the Air Ministry and played a significant role in the [...]
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Windsor – Day Three
11 Comments CherryPie on Jun 18th 2022
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Windsor – Day One
We set off later than we intended, stopping at Warwick services for lunch. The place was heaving, so we picked up some sandwiches and drinks for an in-car picnic before continuing on our journey, which took us to a small village called Brill. Brill was Tolkien’s inspiration for the village of Bree in Lord of [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 12th 2022
We celebrated our Wedding Anniversary in this historic market town (see photo). During our stay I walked 36.34 miles, a total of 92,427 steps on our various adventures. Watch this space to see the places we visited.
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 11th 2022
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Lunching and Walking
We headed off to a local garden centre with lunch in mind. We enjoyed browsing around the garden centre but the lunch options did not tempt us. After paying our respects to Her Majesty we drove to Wightwick Manor only to find that the car park was closed because it was full.
We eventually found lunch [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 3rd 2022
