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Lockdown Birthday Celebrations – Day Five

I gave Mr C the choice of walk for today’s excursion. He chose to walk to Hadley Locks via Hurley Brook.
I started the walk along a bridle path near to our house which connected to a walking route published by Wellington Walkers are Welcome. Part way around we struggled to find the pathway between the [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 15th 2020

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Lockdown Birthday Celebrations – Day Four

We had a day chilling. Mr C was trying to fix his PC and I was setting up my new iPad mini, a gift from Mr C. The new iPad is super whizzy compared to my previous version which had become slow and difficult to use.
We popped out for a few food supplies and even [...]

No Comments CherryPie on Nov 14th 2020

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Lockdown Birthday Celebrations – Day Three

I sat in bed with a cup of tea and opened my birthday presents and cards. I have to confess I was struggling for enthusiasm to go on the walk we had planned which is most unlike me. This was only because we had had to cancel our planned trip to Sherbourne at the last [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 13th 2020

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Lockdown Birthday Celebrations – Day Two

We decided to pick up lunch to eat in Telford Town park before setting off on a walk. Buying the sandwiches from M&S was a bit tedious due to the anti-COVID one way system around the Town Centre. The sandwiches, however were delicious. We enjoyed them whilst looking out over Southwater lake. A duck waddled [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on Nov 12th 2020

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Lockdown Birthday Celebrations – Day One

We had left plans for my ’significant birthday’ celebration until the last minute. It was looking good to go for a Staycation so we booked into a hotel in Sherbourne, Dorset. Just after the booking was made lockdown tiers were announced. A few days before the planned mini adventure Chez Nous was moved into tier [...]