Today it was suggested that I might like to go on a trip to pick up some balsa wood strips (don’t ask) and incorporate a visit to Erddig.
A few minutes after we set off, we encountered brilliant sunshine and torrential rain at the same time. There was a lake of water on the road [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Storm Clouds Brewing
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 4th 2012
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
Seize the Moment
An unusual orange globe appeared in the sky today, so I grabbed my camera and headed out to make the best of the rare occurrence.
I visited Shugborough Hall which I found had changed a lot since I last visited. The car park is in a different place which gave the opportunity to walk through [...]
7 Comments CherryPie on Jul 21st 2012
Filed under Anecdotes, Science & Nature
My Moon Tonight
Today’s weather gave an unexpected opportunity which allowed me to dine outside this evening. It was lovely to watch the sun setting behind ‘my oak tree’ whilst enjoying a few moments rest after work soaking up the atmosphere. I had the additional pleasure of watching the moon rising.
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 27th 2012
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
My Oak and the Moon
PS: I am still struggling with my internet connection (even after the service provider rebooted everything today)… My connection worked perfectly until the service provider had a serious problem (which resulted in melt down last weekend), now my connection to the internet only works intermittently and only on some devices. Sadly my desk top [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 24th 2012
Filed under Anecdotes, Carcassonne 2012, Holidays
Carcassonne – Day Five
Sadly it was now time to say goodbye to Carcassonne and return to the airport for the journey back home. We took a leisurely drive along the A roads and stopped off in the quaint town of Saint-Papoul in order to visit the abbey. We then continued our journey and stopped at Castelnaudary where [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 19th 2012
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Carcassonne – Day Four
The day started out with some very persistent and irritating mobile phone calls and texts. Unfortunately I wasn’t close enough to the canal, once again I had the urge to surgical remove the phone and dispose of it!! After breakfast I retired to the hotel garden with my camera until the phone calls stopped.
After that [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 18th 2012
