We set off for Woodstock in glorious sunshine, stopping in Leamington Spa. We found a suitable place to park the car and stepped out in search of a suitable place for lunch. Café Royal with its Mexican twist tempted us inside. It was popular so we had to wait outside for a few minutes until [...]
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Woodstock – Day One
2 Comments CherryPie on Aug 26th 2026
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Snugburys Ice Cream Farm
This year is the 40th anniversary of Snugburys. To celebrate, in addition to the main willow sculpture there some smaller sculptures featuring artworks from previous.
It would have been rude not to make the effort to visit so we met with a friend of Mr C and made a day of it, stopping for lunch at [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Aug 16th 2026
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The Missing Angel
Last week when I was volunteering at Attingham Park Mr C visited Shrewsbury and whilst he was there he noticed the ‘Knife Angel’ in the square. This reminded me that I had been meaning to visit the Angel in Shrewsbury, but with other things going on I had forgotten about it.
The following day Mr C [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Aug 11th 2026
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Birmingham Cathedral
After lunch on our first visit to Wappenshall Wharf we drove to Birmingham to get another stamp in my Cathedral passport. Parking in Birmingham became a challenge. Many roads are closed due to work on the HS2 and neither the diversion signs or the in-car SatNav were able to help navigate the mess. We ended [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Aug 8th 2026
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My Happy Place
Since it opened in December we have been meaning to visit the Welldeck café at the newly restored Wappenshall Wharf. We finally got round to visiting in July. We enjoyed it so much that we have been back a couple of times since our first visit.
After the canals were abandoned by an Act of Parliament [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Aug 5th 2026
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A Work in Progress
I am still in the land of the living, it has just been too hot to sit inside and work through my holiday photos.
We have been out for lunches and found a new nearby ‘Happy Place’ for lunch. I have also taken the opportunity of the morning and late afternoon light outside on the patio [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 4th 2026
Filed under Anecdotes, Cornwall & Exeter 2026, Holidays
Tedventures
Ted enjoyed his recent holiday adventures.
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 24th 2026
