Hodnet Hall Gardens are open every sunday during their open season but only on three weekdays during the season. I planned to visit the gardens today if the weather was favourable. The weather had changed from the lovely sunny weather we have experienced in recent days to overcast and cloudy.
The visit was looking promising but [...]
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Hodnet Hall Gardens
12 Comments CherryPie on May 16th 2018
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Bridge Under Wraps
Stretching across the River Severn, the world’s first iron bridge is one of the greatest symbols of the Industrial Revolution. But the Iron Bridge is now suffering from cracking and in need of repair.
To save the bridge for generations to come, English Heritage is embarking on its largest conservation project to date.
Each generation has done [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 5th 2018
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Spring is in the Air
8 Comments CherryPie on May 1st 2018
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Lunch in Little Amsterdam
On a soggy saturday we drove to Banbury for a family gathering at the delightful Little Amsterdam Cafe. We ended up spending most the afternoon there due to an accident on the motorway causing holdups on the journey.
The pancakes were as delicious as they had been on our previous visit and the staff were charming. [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 28th 2018
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Dinner for Two
My morning was taken up with a routine appointment followed by a brief visit to the supermarket to pick up the ingredients for evening dinner. The day was gloriously sunny so I spent my afternoon sitting in my garden reading with a break now and then to peg washing on the line and take it [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 20th 2018
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A Sunny Day
After a couple of weeks of misty mornings and rain, more reminiscent of autumn than spring, the sun put its hat on and came out to play. This gave us our first opportunity of the year to sit on the patio as the sun set and the moon rose.
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 18th 2018
Santo Stefano is a Catholic church and former cathedral on the island of Capri, Italy. Dedicated to Saint Stephen, it is the principal house of worship in the town of Capri.[1] The religious complex was built around the Piazza Umberto Isquare in the seventeenth century. The archbishop’s palace is now used as the town hall (“Municipio”).[2] Santo Stefano and Chiesa di San Costanzo [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 16th 2018
