Last night I was home alone due to Mr C being away overnight on business. Shortly after I arrived home the doorbell rang. I considered answering but it was dark and at that time in the evening it was most likely a salesman of some sort and I rationalised that if it was a neighbour [...]
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The Museum of the Order of St John
The museum of the Order of St John is housed within St John’s Gate, Clerkenwell. An entrance door with the gate leads to the reception gallery where you can pick up a guidebook or leaflet providing information about the galleries. The next room is the link gallery which is designed in such a way to [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 9th 2016
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London 2016
We arrived at the coach pick up point in plenty of time for our annual coach trip to London. When the coach arrived and we got on board we were informed that after 40 years this would be the last trip unless someone else took it on. The journey ran smoothly and we made good [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 7th 2016
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Shades of Autumn
This morning I enjoyed my brief walk from the car park to my office. The trees are full of autumn glory and the leaves had lined the footpath so I was able to swoosh my feet through them as I walked along, behaving as if I was a little girl. Unfortunately I have no photos [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 1st 2016
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Winchester – Day Four
After breakfast we checked out of the hotel and made our way to the Hospital of St Cross. This turned out to be a bit of a challenge, it was Winchester College’s graduation day so with the ceremony taking place in Winchester Cathedral there was traffic congestion.
The Hospital of St Cross is one of England’s [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 29th 2016
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Winchester – Day Two
The breakfast was every bit as good as we remembered from our first visit. The breakfast room was rather full due to the wedding guests from the day before. Thankfully the kids had worn themselves out and were quiet during breakfast.
We set off to Portsmouth to visit the Mary Rose Museum. The journey went smoothly [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 26th 2016
