This was my first visit to Belsay and it has a bit of everything and comprises of three different elements. A hall inspired by the architecture of ancient Greece, a medieval castle with rare wall paintings and magnificent gardens. The hall was enlarged in the early 17th century and subsequently superseded by a Greek Revival [...]
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Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 28th 2011
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PhotoHunt – Card(s)
On becoming a lady of a certain age it was nice to celebrate with family and friends
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
34 Comments CherryPie on Jun 24th 2011
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A Week in the Coach House
I have just finished sorting out the photographs that I took during my holiday in Northumberland. As usual it took me a while because there are around 400 of them. Surprisingly the weather was mostly sunny it only rained on one afternoon, with a very brief shower on another day. That being said the journey [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Jun 20th 2011
I enrolled on a photography course, courtesy of a voucher when I purchased my new camera last year I was struggling with the settings, which apart from taking flowers in AV mode (my speciality) I hadn’t quite grasped without the auto settings.
Today was a day to remember and re-learn photography techniques. The [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 5th 2011
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Privilege Day
I was lucky enough to have an extra privilege days leave which was tagged onto this bank holiday meaning I had an extra day off. I also took Friday as leave so I have had a long weekend, mostly chilling out and catching up with a few jobs. The weather wasn’t good enough for [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2011
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Weight Loss – Week 43
Today was a bit of a messy day. It included sorting out complicated emergency requirements (at work) and meetings (at work) and a dentist appointment (at lunch time). I also seemed to get caught up in a strange time-warp. I left the office at 16.40 to arrive at Weight Watchers at 17.00. [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2011
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Bluebells
On my recent visit to Attingham Park I enjoyed the walk along the Bluebell Trail. This took in both the native bluebell and the Spanish invader, a signboard along the trail explained in detail:
Our native bluebell is a typical ‘Atlantic’ species growing only in the moist conditions of Western Europe and reaching its peak of [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 11th 2011
