When in Belgium some things just have to be done
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Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Mechelen 2014
Cherry Waffle and Cherry Maid
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
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Mechelen
For my birthday I had been given a copy of Bradshaw’s Handbook and found the descriptions of the towns quite delightful. So with a book voucher I received for Christmas I treated myself to Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide.
I looked up Mechelen within it’s pages and found that in 1913 when the book was published the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 9th 2014
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After We Have Rested a While…
… it is time to enjoy a few features of the hotel before we retire for some well earned sleep.
16 Comments CherryPie on Apr 8th 2014
