Mr C has recently retired and today, I managed to persuade him out of the house for a local walk around Apley Woods. After leaving the woods I led him back home taking the long way round. Although in a familiar place he wasn’t quite sure where he was until the local shops came into [...]
Archive for April, 2026
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
If You Go Down to the Woods Today
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 29th 2026
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A Belated Gift Experience
Today we had lunch at The Granary, Weston Park. Lunch was ‘Gift Experience’ from Christmas 2024 and we had intended to use it on one of our holiday adventures last year. That didn’t quite work out so we chose somewhere local where we hadn’t dined before.
We waited until Mr C retired so that we could [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 27th 2026
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you.
And through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you.
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 27th 2026
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A Sunny Monday
Mr C has recently retired and this was the first opportunity to explore what retirement is about. We were pottering around and catching up on certain household projects that required a trip to Shrewsbury.
Then, with all the time in the world, rather than lunching in Shrewsbury we took a leisurely drive through the countryside to [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Apr 23rd 2026
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Winchester 2026
Winchester – Day Seven
On the way down to breakfast, I noticed an empty bottle of alcohol that I had seen a couple of days ago on top of a table, and that had been tucked under the table the following day, was still there.
Once again, it was a self-service breakfast. The bacon had been under the heat lamp [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 21st 2026
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Winchester – Day Six
Breakfast was self-service and, as we had come to expect, there were only a few others in the breakfast room.
We drove to Salisbury to visit the Cathedral and tick off a third Cathedral of our trip in my Cathedral passport. It has been a long time since our previous visit and I had forgotten how [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Apr 20th 2026
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Winchester – Day Five
We arrived at the breakfast room a little later than usual to find that breakfast room had more people in it than on previous days. This meant that the self-service breakfast was warmer than the previous day.
We drove to Chichester to visit the Cathedral and get another stamp in my Cathedral passport. We enjoyed the [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Apr 18th 2026
