By the time we had walked to the fountain in Zand Square the weather had taken a turn for the worse. I am not sure whether there was more water in the fountain or coming out of the sky. After standing around for some time whilst one of the party took a lengthy [...]
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PhotoHunt – Male
16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 17th 2010
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West Midlands Region AGM 2010
I had another busy day in Birmingham yesterday. It started off with packed standing room only on the train because there were only two carriages rather than the usual four but at least it ran on time. Just after I got on a lady got up and insisted that I have her seat [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 15th 2010
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The Burg
The next port of call on the walking tour was the Burg which is the most historic square in Bruges. According to 9th century manuscripts the Burg was the centre of civic and religious life:
It takes its name from the fortress of the ‘burg’, that was built here in 865 by Baldwin Iron Arm, the [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 15th 2010
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Belfort
After getting sidetracked posting pictures of the English winter I am now going to return to Bruges.
The day after the lovely sunny day spent in Sint-Trudoabdij Male and Tudor City Park was not quite so sunny. In fact there was a bit of drizzle when we set off in the morning, but not enough to [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2010
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Weight Loss – Week 19
Yesterday the PCS regional office had arranged for me to visit so that we could discuss the content of the next regional newsletter. I am the person on the regional committee that is responsible for guiding content.
When I left the house for the station, I thought the weather had warmed up a bit but I [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Dec 10th 2010
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Third Floor View
Today it was quite warm in comparison today yesterday, it was only -4.5. It is still pretty chilly inside the office on the ground floor because throughout the cold snap the back door has been continually open. This is due to a big clear out of the building prior to the move early [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 8th 2010
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Winter Wonderland
When I got up this morning the fog from yesterday had lifted but there was a heavy frost on the car. It took me quite a while to scrape the car windows and the temperature was -10. Before I left I grabbed my camera because I knew that despite the fact that I currently work [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 7th 2010
