After breakfast we checked out of the hotel, taking the opportunity to mention that we had been locked out of the hotel the previous evening. The receptionist seemed unconcerned about our experience and I wasn’t convinced that the problem would be escalated to make sure it didn’t happen to anyone else. I was persistent on [...]
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4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 14th 2022
We navigated our way around the breakfast menu which somehow didn’t quite work, for example there was no bread to accompany the meat and cheese that are part of the continental breakfast.
After breakfast, our first destination was Shakespeare’s birthplace where the room guides’ explanations and stories added to the experience. We then visited the nearby [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 11th 2022
We awoke to glorious sunshine and were given a window seat for breakfast which allowed us to to make the most of it. The breakfast was excellent although the portions were enormous. My plate of scrambled egg and salmon could have fed two people.
Straight after breakfast we headed into town to pick up some bottled [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Dec 6th 2022
We set off a little later than planned because Mr C had been away in London at a conference and needed to pack.
With lunch in mind, just outside of Stratford, we noticed a Dobbies garden centre. We negotiated around a car crash that was outside the garden centre but, on arrival at the cafe we [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 5th 2022
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Stratford-upon-Avon 2022
The Wanderer Returns
I have returned from a weekend break in Stratford-on-Avon where the weather was unseasonably kind to us. I am now juggling organising my photos around Christmas preparations.
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 1st 2022
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
An Unusual Quest
This afternoon I went in search of a giant spider. My quest took me to Leegomery Pool where I found two swans. It was a pleasant surprise, I have not seen swans on this pool before. It would be lovely if they took up residence there.
I was successful in my search for the giant spider [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 1st 2022
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
An Impromptu Adventure
Mr C surprised me with an impromptu visit to Hodnet Hall Gardens, a place I planned to visit (alone) the previous week but having tested positive for Covid I chose to stop at home to keep my bugs to myself.
We had lunch before walking round the gardens and grounds on one of the last open [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Oct 30th 2022







