On Sunday the 1st June the National Service (RAF) veterans annual parade took place at Cosford. One of the events billed was a fly past by the Battle of Britain Memorial Dakota (weather permitting). Sunday morning was glorious so we set off for Cosford in order to watch the display.
We stood on a grassy bank [...]
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Dakota Fly Past
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 2nd 2014
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Shot at Dawn
When I set off to visit The National Memorial Arboretum this morning I didn’t realise that it was Memorial Day in the United States. It was only later when I got back home and read Ginnie’s post at Vision & Verb that I realised I had picked a perfect day to visit the Arboretum. The [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2014
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A Busy Weekend
Today I am spending the day in Nottingham with my brother to celebrate his birthday and tomorrow is the long awaited Shutterchance meet up at Cosford Museum. As a non shutterchancer I will be gatecrashing the meetup again
12 Comments CherryPie on May 10th 2014
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Cherry Waffle and Cherry Maid
When in Belgium some things just have to be done
16 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2014
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Help for Heroes
We have recently started to tackle our back garden and get it back under control. Last bank holiday Sunday we picked up some plants for the patio pots to give us a bit of colour in the summer months.
Whilst planting up the pots I heard the rather distinctive throaty humming of a petrol engine plane [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 6th 2014
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Unexpected Sighting
Whilst I was in the office today I was busily getting on with some work when I heard someone say ‘there is a teddy bear walking past the building’. I thought this was a rather odd thing to say and carried on working. Then someone started to laugh and I looked up to see several [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 2nd 2014
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Two Angels
As part of the Easter celebrations my local parish church erects a wooden cross and adorns it with flowers. This is done by the congregation just before the Easter morning service. I think it is a lovely idea and little children bring flowers to place on the Easter Cross. The Church ‘Flower Ladies’ help [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 21st 2014
