Archive for the 'Anecdotes' Category
10 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
Malmesbury – Day Four
After breakfast we checked out of the hotel where we payed the release fee so that the room bear could come home with us. He was named after the room we stayed in (Henry Hanks). We then made our way to the market town, Stow-on-the-Wold where we had a quiet hour mooching around the shops.
When [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 24th 2016
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Malmesbury – Day Three
As Mr C and I were leaving the hotel after breakfast we passed the gentleman I had been chatting to the evening before . We exchanged pleasantries and wished each other well for for the remainder of our respective travels. After the conversation Mr C and I made our way to Bowood House, taking the [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on May 23rd 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
The soul is made of love and must ever strive to return to love. Therefore, it can never find rest nor happiness in other things. It must lose itself in love. By its very nature it must seek God, who is love.
Mechthild of Magdeburg
10 Comments CherryPie on May 22nd 2016
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Malmesbury – Day Two
Our weekend away was a garden break package which allowed free entrance to Abbey House Gardens and Westonbirt Arboretum. We awoke to find that there had been another downpour overnight which led to the morning air being rather chilly. When we had finished breakfast the sky brightened up so we went for a walk around [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 21st 2016
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Malmesbury – Day One
We set off on our journey later than we intended, partly due to the inclement weather. Along the way we spotted an ideal cafe for lunch, but the mornings downpour had turned the parking area into a field of mud! This meant we had to abandon the idea of lunch there, it also involved some [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on May 19th 2016
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Holiday Diaries
It has been my intention for quite some time to post diary blogs (from my notebooks) on holidays that I had not written about in this way. My older notes are more brief than my current notes, so the ‘historical’ holiday journeys I share with you will be less detailed.
*Phew*, I hear you say [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 18th 2016
