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…Easter Monday

Mum had been moved to the escalation ward over night and had started to become delirious as we had suspected she would.
Due to being home a day earlier than expected, we needed to pick up some food supplies. We visited Battlefield 1403 in the hopes that we could also have lunch there. There was [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 7th 2024

…Easter Day

When we called on mum to take her to breakfast it was obvious that she had become more unwell overnight. She could hardly stand up so we helped her to the breakfast room where she enjoyed her breakfast. We were also pleased to find that the other member of our party had recovered overnight.
After [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 6th 2024

…Easter Eve

Breakfast, cooked to order was excellent. Unfortunately, two of our party were under the weather for different reasons but despite this we visited Lincoln Cathedral. It was mum’s birthday and a treat for her but her legs were a little wobbly so she only made it part way around the cathedral, having to sit [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 5th 2024

…Good Friday

Miraculously, we left home and picked mum up on time. Twenty five minutes later, after topping up with petrol and returning home to fetch Easter gifts that we had forgotten to pack, we eventually left our locality.
We had a good journey apart from our decision to stop in Newark for lunch. The traffic there [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 4th 2024

14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 30th 2024

For our last breakfast in Stratford, we were seated in a beautiful sunny window where we lingered a while soaking up the sunshine.
After leaving the hotel I photographed the garden and our room windows from outside. Our room was on the same side as the room we stayed in previously but high at the front [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 25th 2024

Once again, I chose some pick and mix options from the full English breakfast. It was interesting to see that the items were presented differently by the chef of that morning.

We drove the short distance to Evesham hoping to visit St Lawrence’s Church. After picking up leaflets from the Tourist Information office, we arrived to [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 24th 2024

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