Breakfast was cooked to order and very tasty, although it was a little odd that we had two rounds of toast for three people. When we had finished the two pieces we asked for a bit more. After breakfast we set off towards Christ Church College and walked through the memorial garden and water meadows [...]
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Oxford – Day Two
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 18th 2014
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Oxford – Day One
We packed the car and then went to collect my mum before setting off on our journey to Oxford (one year later than planned). The journey was slower than expected due to other drivers tootling along. Along the way we stopped off at Chipping Campden, where we had lunch in a lovely tea room. I [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2014
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Poppies in the Moat
The Tower of London art installation entitled ‘Blood Swept Land and Seas of Red‘ is now complete. The last poppy was planted in the moat at 10.50 today during the final ceremony (among the poppies) commemorating the centenary of World War One. The art installation marked one hundred years since the first day of Britain’s [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 11th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
London 2014
I have returned safely from The Tower! This years London trip ran a lot more smoothly that last years trip to London. On arrival we headed straight to the Tower of London. On the advice of the Tower of London website we avoiding using Tower Hill tube station, this meant we had a 10 minute [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 9th 2014
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A Room with a View
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 6th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Oxford 2014
Remember, Remember…
On the way home from my recent weekend in Oxford, we stopped off at Coughton Court. The beginning of November seems an appropriate time to visit Coughton Court because it and the Throckmorton family who owned it played a pivotal role in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
The plot was the climax of a series of [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 5th 2014
