The weather was perfect for a visit to Cosford to watch Vulcan XH558 on one of its farewell flights. We allowed plenty of time to get to Cosford because I had a feeling the car parks would be fairly full. We had to queue to get in and cars were being squeezed onto every available [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Holidays, Leuven 2015
Leuven – Day Three
We had another lazy start to the day and after breakfast we decided not to venture into the garden just in case we got locked in again. Instead Mr C decided to walk me to the Botanical Gardens so I could enjoy them whilst he made his way to the station to buy train tickets [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 26th 2015
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Leuven – Day Two
We were both a bit slow to emerge from sleep due to the previous day being so long. When we arrived at the breakfast room we found it was stocked with all the basic needs for a no-frills breakfast. After enjoying breakfast, we decided to step into the hotel’s garden quadrangle and found that we [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2015
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Leuven – Day One
The taxi arrived on time to take us to Stafford station for the first part of our train journey. I felt a bit sorry for the taxi driver because Mr C hadn’t factored in enough time to cater comfortably for slow moving traffic but we made it in time. When we arrived in London the [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 24th 2015
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A Room with a Night Time View…
…Two planets and a star
Venus, Jupiter and Regulus shining bright in the sky.
Brilliant Venus in west from dusk until mid-to-late evening. Venus – the brightest planet and third-brightest sky object overall (after the sun and moon) – reaches its greatest elongation in the western sky on June 6. That means it is at its farthest from [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Jun 23rd 2015
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A Room with a View
Yesterday evening we returned home from our recent travels to the city of Leuven in Belgium. We had a room with a view and a cosy fire. The week was nice and (mostly) relaxing and now I am working my way through over 800 photographs. This has been hampered with my computer playing up by [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 22nd 2015
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Up and Down
As you can see from the previous post Rhydspence is a little uneven in shape. The floors are also uneven and requiring adjustment to the furniture. This all adds to its charm.
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 12th 2015
