After a difficult visit with mum on Christmas afternoon we travelled home the long way round to see the various Christmas light displays.
This one, near to where I live is lovely.
The subsequent visits have not go got any better…
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Christmas Lights
13 Comments CherryPie on Dec 28th 2024
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Dinner for Two
This is the first Christmas where there have only been the two of us for Christmas dinner. It was nice but strange.
11 Comments CherryPie on Dec 26th 2024
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Christmas at Attingham Park
Mr C and I had originally planned to visit the Attingham Park Christmas displays on the 7th December and I would do a late volunteering shift after our visit. Then Mr C would pick me up and we would have a meal out to complete the day.
Unfortunately Storm Darragh had other plans and Attingham Park [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 21st 2024
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Votes For Sale!
In 1851 St Albans achieved notoriety when its electorate of 500 men, were found guilty of selling their votes.
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 27th 2024
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St Albans – Day Four
Case packed; we check out of the Premier Inn before our last breakfast in St Albans. We both had a senior moment in the car park; we paid the car parking fee put the bags in the car and then remembered that we were walking into town for breakfast!
We had to leave the car park [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2024
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St Albans – Day Two
I woke up suitably refreshed after a good night’s sleep. We decided not have breakfast in the hotel restaurant; there were many other options nearby. Mr C settled on ‘Café on the Corner’ which we found was run by a community charity, helping people who have limited learning capabilities or difficulties. We had to wait [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 16th 2024
