After a difficult visit with mum on Christmas afternoon we travelled home the long way round to see the various Christmas light displays.
This one, near to where I live is lovely.
The subsequent visits have not go got any better…
Archive for December, 2024
Filed under Anecdotes
Christmas Lights
13 Comments CherryPie on Dec 28th 2024
Filed under Anecdotes
Dinner for Two
This is the first Christmas where there have only been the two of us for Christmas dinner. It was nice but strange.
11 Comments CherryPie on Dec 26th 2024
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Christmas at Attingham Park
Mr C and I had originally planned to visit the Attingham Park Christmas displays on the 7th December and I would do a late volunteering shift after our visit. Then Mr C would pick me up and we would have a meal out to complete the day.
Unfortunately Storm Darragh had other plans and Attingham Park [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 21st 2024
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, St Albans 2024
The Verdun Tree, St Albans
This tree has grown from a conker which itself came from one of the last trees left standing after the Battle of Verdun during the First World War.
On 21st February 1916, the Germans attacked the mighty fortress of Verdun in eastern France in an attempt to destroy the French Army. The ensuing battle lasted for [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on Dec 16th 2024
A well trained dog will make no attempt to share your lunch. He will just make you feel so guilty that you cannot enjoy it.
Helen Thomson
7 Comments CherryPie on Dec 15th 2024
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, St Albans 2024
The Clock Tower – St Albans
St. Albans Clocktower of Clock House was built between 1403 abd 1412 to the design of Thomas Wolvey, one time royal mason, as a symbol of the townspeople’s desire for independence from the Abbot’s rule. It is 23.5m (77ft) high and built of flint and originally clunch (a local form of hard chalk). The original [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on Dec 10th 2024
Filed under Holidays, Tewkesbury 2022
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Each day provides its own gifts.
Marcus – Aurelius
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 9th 2024
