Yesterday I attended a PCS privatisation forum in London, which set out to inform and prepare reps for the continuing and increasing threat of privatisation to public services. There were many interesting speakers who explained how the various initiatives are flawed and do not provide better, cheaper more efficient public services. One of the speakers [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
Journey to Malmesbury
There was a torrential downpour that lasted several hours on the morning I was due to depart for my garden lovers break. This led to a slow start to the day and the rain was much lighter when I set off. I tried to call into a cafe for lunch and ended up in a [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on Jun 10th 2009
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Meet Henry
I have just got back from my weekend away, there were plenty of gardens as promised. I visited Snowshill Manor where the rain stopped just long enough for me to enjoy the garden, Abbey House gardens in Malmesbury (home of the naked gardeners), Westonbirt Arboretum (well just the cafe and shop due to severe weather) [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Jun 9th 2009
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A Bit of Relaxation
After my hectic week of Union business I took advantage of the lovely weather at the weekend and went to visit one of my favourite gardens, Hodnet Hall. The garden has lots of features and and is a wonderful place to relax. It is only open some weekends and bank holidays so I was lucky [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 28th 2009
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MoD Group Conference
I spent most of last week in the Brighton Centre. They were long days lasting from 9 in the morning until 5.30 in the evening, with only an hour for lunch. At the main conference you don’t even get a few minutes break for a cup of tea in the morning. Most conference sessions [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on May 25th 2009
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Enjoy the View
Just the view I need after my day of hassle, although the story starts much earlier in the week. For some reason I hadn’t had notification of a meeting I was supposed to be attending this Friday and it clashed with a hair appointment. So I went ahead and rearranged my hair appointment to this [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 13th 2009
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Sharing Some Sunshine
As far as weather is concerned today was rather disappointing for a bank holiday Monday. I was hoping to get back out into my garden which is in need of some TLC. But due to the aches and pains after yesterday’s work it is probably just as well the weather intervened
So [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 4th 2009
