Mr C and I had originally planned to visit the Attingham Park Christmas displays on the 7th December and I would do a late volunteering shift after our visit. Then Mr C would pick me up and we would have a meal out to complete the day.
Unfortunately Storm Darragh had other plans and Attingham Park [...]
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Christmas at Attingham Park
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 21st 2024
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Votes For Sale!
In 1851 St Albans achieved notoriety when its electorate of 500 men, were found guilty of selling their votes.
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 27th 2024
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St Albans – Day Four
Case packed; we check out of the Premier Inn before our last breakfast in St Albans. We both had a senior moment in the car park; we paid the car parking fee put the bags in the car and then remembered that we were walking into town for breakfast!
We had to leave the car park [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2024
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St Albans – Day Two
I woke up suitably refreshed after a good night’s sleep. We decided not have breakfast in the hotel restaurant; there were many other options nearby. Mr C settled on ‘Café on the Corner’ which we found was run by a community charity, helping people who have limited learning capabilities or difficulties. We had to wait [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 16th 2024
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The Wanderer Returns…
… from a birthday adventure
or… was it just a welcome time to chill out
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 7th 2024
