I woke up to find that my back was thankfully back to normal with no unpleasant twinging pains. We decided to visit a National Trust property called The Vyne and arrived just as it opened. We obtained a timed ticket and set out towards the house. After a slight detour due to faulty map reading [...]
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Winchester – Day Three
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 26th 2014
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Winchester – Day Two
After a good nights sleep my back was still playing up so I had to be careful and keep my back straight. The hotel breakfast was good and unlike the breakfast experience in London it was an enjoyable, relaxing affair looking out over the Cathedral grounds.
After breakfast we set off for Avebury to pick up where [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 25th 2014
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Winchester – Day One
We were a little behind schedule and left an hour later than planned. We had decided against plan A which was a visit to Avebury to break our journey to Winchester. We didn’t want to rush the visit. As we journeyed south we also shelved plan B which was to visit a National Trust property [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 24th 2014
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The Wanderer Returns
We had a lovely relaxing eight day holiday in Winchester and after a brief relaxing stop for lunch and exploration on our way home we arrived home quite early on Saturday afternoon. Mr C departed to obtain provisions for the week and I phoned my Mum to see how she was and learned the sad [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 23rd 2014
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Modern Technology
This afternoon we nipped into Birmingham to obtain a few essentials prior to the next episode of ‘Cherry on her Travels’. We had a surprisingly successful afternoon, our purchase list was all ticked off apart from a Birthday Card. I normally make birthday cards rather than buy them and on looking at the selection available [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 6th 2014
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Poppies in the Moat
The art installation entitled ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ is currently being planted in the moat around The Tower of London, the last poppy will be planted on the 11th November.
marking one hundred years since the first full day of Britain’s involvement in the First World War. Created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins, [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 5th 2014
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Land Reserved for…
…future development.
For some reason I felt rather lethargic on Sunday (yesterday) and struggled to get myself going. I had planned a short cycle ride but the dull weather made me hesitate. I read a book for a while, made and ate my lunch, read a bit more and then I forced myself to go ahead [...]
21 Comments CherryPie on Sep 1st 2014
