We woke up on time and left the Premier Inn. It was raining lightly (as it often does in Manchester) when we stepped out of the building.
After travelling to the airport, we checked our car into the meet and greet service which also gave us fast track through border control.
After checking in our luggage, receiving [...]
Archive for August, 2024
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Rome 2024
Rome – Day Two
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 22nd 2024
Filed under Holidays, Taormina 2019
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
In the heart of a volcano, one can hear the whisper of the Earth.
Fahad Ahammed
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 18th 2024
Filed under Out & About
Shot at Dawn
The Shot at Dawn Memorial commemorates 309 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were shot for desertion, cowardice, striking a senior officer, disobeying a lawful order, casting away arms, mutiny and sleeping at post during the First World War. Most of them were sentenced after a short trial at which no real opportunity for defence was [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 17th 2024
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UK Police Memorial
The UK Police Memorial hpnours the courage and sacrifice of those who have given their lives to UK plicing. The design embraces the Celtic spiritual concept of a thin place, where we step from one world to another. Contrasts in light and shade, the wild and the controlled, add to the experience of a serene [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 16th 2024
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Liberated
All across Europe, behind gates such as these, over 350,000 service personnel were held as Prisoners of War, existing on the most basic of rations in crowded unsanitary and barely tolerable donditions for up to 5 years.
Fir some repatriation came early due to serious medical reasons or non-combatant status, whilst others were liberated directly from [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 15th 2024
