Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Lenham 2017
We got up early and had tea, toast and orange juice for breakfast before setting out for Leeds Castle with my Brother in Law and family. The day was lovely and sunny, but a little windy making the air quite bracing in exposed places.
We walked through the parkland towards the castle in glorious sunshine, spring [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 4th 2017
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We had a good run down to kent stopping off for lunch at Cherwell Valley service station. For a motorway service station it has a rather good selection of food options. We both had a Turkey and Stuffing roll off the carvery bar. We arrived in Lenholm around 3pm where we quickly popped into the [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Apr 3rd 2017
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About
The east front entrance to Powis Castle has been closed to the public since the castle was donated to the National Trust in 1952. In more recent years the stairs had started to crumble and one of the retaining walls in the terrace was in danger of collapse which could have undermined the structural stability [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 29th 2017
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…after a weekend away
The few photos I took are organised and ready but I don’t want to start posting about the weekend until after another expedition that we are due to go on tomorrow. More on that later…
PS: there is also a blog post pending on this mornings unsatisfactory attempt to fix the shoddy workmanship [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 28th 2017
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross,
To see a fine lady upon a white horse;
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
She shall have music wherever she goes.
On sunday we set off to Banbury, albeit taking a rather more conventional method of transport than a horse for a family gathering. Banbury was the [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 22nd 2017
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On Saturday evening I had the pleasure of attending a candlelit concert in the Wrekin College’s Chapel. The performance was by; Wrekin College Combined Choirs and Orchestra, The Old Hall School Chapel Choir with Piano and Choral Soloists.*
As we approached the chapel it was very atmospheric because the outer porch window sills were illuminated with [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Mar 20th 2017
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… An update on the fitting of our new backdoor
Before the door was fitted we discussed in length our exact requirements with the person who came to measure and assess the fitting; he knew exactly what we wanted. He suggested that a blank panel was fitted so that exact measurement could be taken when the [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 15th 2017
