The breakfast room was light and airy and the buffet spread was comprehensive, including some rather sweet looking choices that were not quite to my palate first thing in the morning. After breakfast we met with Sylvana, the Citalia rep. She told us about the various trips that were available and where to find things [...]
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Taormina – Day Three
16 Comments CherryPie on Oct 21st 2019
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Taormina – Day Two
We were up, not necessarily bright but early, at 4 am in order to be at Manchester airport for a 5.30 check-in. The heavy rain that had started the previous afternoon had almost stopped as we loaded our luggage into the car. At the airport we headed to the check in desk and found that [...]
19 Comments CherryPie on Oct 19th 2019
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Taormina – Day One
All packed and ready to go on our travels to Italy, we set off mid afternoon for our overnight stay in the Premier Inn near to Manchester airport. We chose the quick route using the motorway which turned out to be unexpectedly slow and the fading afternoon light led to unpleasant driving conditions. This caused [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 17th 2019
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Woodland Walk – Ironbridge
Followed by ‘fine dining’ on the patio…
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 10th 2019
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Autumn Leaves and a FUTAB moment
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 30th 2019
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Walking with Friends
I have been busy walking during the past couple of days but I don’t have a single photo to share!
My first walk was a meet up with Linda, a fellow #Walk1000Miles walker to walk stage 4 part 1 of the T50 50 mile trail. Along the walk we had a random encounter with Naomi Wrighton, [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 22nd 2019
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Birds, Woods & Pools
First thing this morning I went in to the upstairs room where my computer is situated. I needed to charge my mobile phone.
Movement in the garden distracted me. The light rain had enticed my garden birds out of their perching places. My upstairs retreat is the perfect place to watch and enjoy my garden birds. [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2019
