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 [...]
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A Room with a View
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 6th 2014
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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
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The Wanderer Returns…
…from her latest travels.
One year later our aborted 2013 trip to Oxford went ahead. I will be posting more on my Oxford travels soon…
14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 3rd 2014
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Old Sarum – Aerial Display
On our visit to Old Sarum we were treated with a fine aerobatic display from a plane that had taken off from the nearby airfield. It was only later, when I returned from my travels that I realised that it was possible to visit the airfield site. Maybe next time
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 22nd 2014
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Silbury Hill
Whenever I visit Avebury I always feel compelled to stop and contemplate the mysterious Silbury Hill.
Silbury Hill
The Story of Silbury Hill
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 20th 2014
