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It was such a lovely afternoon on Friday that Mr C phoned me up at work and hinted that it might be nice to have a barbecue.  He only hinted in a roundabout way because whenever he says the word or even thinks about a barbecue it brings on the rain…
I agreed to the hint [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 3rd 2013

12 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2013

At the weekend I read the latest regional edition of the National Trust magazine ‘Near You’.  One of the articles advised that this year sees the fifth anniversary of the walled garden project.  I have enjoyed seeing that garden at different stages as it progressed.  This is what the article has to say about the [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on May 20th 2013

Last weekend I had yet another mini break in Nottingham.  On this occasion it was to celebrate my brother becoming a certain age.  Hopefully he won’t be looking in on this post so I won’t get into trouble
This one was and even more of a last minute arrangement than the previous mini break [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on May 18th 2013

A orange globe appeared in the sky and stayed all weekend which is rather strange and unusual for a bank holiday.  I had a busy weekend spring cleaning, but also found time to chill out and read for a while.
Today the weather was too good to miss so we headed out in the direction of [...]

18 Comments CherryPie on May 6th 2013

…Wines.

Errr… what where you thinking?

22 Comments CherryPie on May 1st 2013

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Some of you might recall that the boys take over my living room from time to time so that they can use the floor to play Napoleonic wargames. Before they even get to this point they exchange correspondence with the game umpire so that he knows where their figures are going [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 11th 2013

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