Archive for the 'Anecdotes' Category
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Enjoying the Blooms
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 16th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Nottingham
Cherry on Her Travels – Latest Update
Although Christmas this year has been an especially busy one for me, I have found a few moments to get my photo collections in order. I have been working on sorting out my flickr collections so that they are up to date and the photos can be viewed by various collections. It is only the [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 15th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About
Wightwick Manor – Some Details
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 1st 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About
Spending Time at Wightwick Manor
On the penultimate day of the year I found time to spend the afternoon at Wightwick Manor. Only the lower rooms of the house were open, but they were still decked out for Christmas. On arrival at Wightwick it was time for lunch and I treated myself to a home made scone in the tea [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 31st 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, This & That
On Christmas Day in the Morning
16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 25th 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About
Powis Castle at Christmas
I took time out of my busy schedule to enjoy a relaxing drive through the Shropshire and Welsh countryside in order to visit Powis Castle. The lower state rooms are decked out in the style of an Edwardian Christmas:
Powis has been home to the Herbert family for almost 800 years and various Christmas traditions have [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 21st 2013
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It’s All in the Timing!!
I had just finished enjoying a lunch time bacon buttie when I heard a loud CRACK in the vicinity of the kitchen. The wind had just blown up outside, so I wondered if a branch had blown off a tree into the kitchen window.
I looked up and said, ‘what’s that?’ Mr C leapt up and [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Dec 8th 2013
