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Walking Inspiration

I recently finished reading a book ‘Telford The Making of Shropshire’s New Town’. I moved to Telford at a very young age (my dad worked for the development corporation) and have grown up with the Town.
I have always appreciated the lovely green spaces within the town but until I read the book I had not [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 28th 2019

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A Ceramic Experience at the Wedgewood Factory

My previous post shared my afternoon canal experiences courtesy of a Christmas gift.
Today Mr C and I were booked in for a Wedgwood Ceramic Experience with Afternoon Tea (another Christmas gift).
We used the SatNav so that we could take early morning traffic situations into account. We were directed along a delightful countryside route which was [...]

16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 25th 2019

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A Lazy Sunday

The photo I posted yesterday to accompany my ‘Cherie’s Place Thought’ was taken by Mr C whilst we were enjoying a lovely lazy sunday.

Our first port of call was a boatyard near Trevor basin to board a longboat for a leisurely lunch as we travelled along the canal (the lunch experience was a Christmas gift). [...]

16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 22nd 2019

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Sherborne – Day Eight

All too soon our holiday had come to an end and it was time to return home. As we we were checking out of the hotel I couldn’t resist photographing the two permanent residents in their cosy home underneath the hotel reception desk.

We were in no rush to get home, allowing us to choose one [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 19th 2019

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Sherborne – Day Seven

Our plan for the day was to visit Dorchester having changed our plans and bypassed it earlier in the week. I was keeping an eye on the weather and thinking about a visit to Muchelney Abbey, a place recommended as a wet weather visit by the member of staff we got chatting to whilst visiting [...]

16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 18th 2019

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Sherborne – Day Six

When we awoke we found that the weather was wet so we decided to visit the Royal Signals Museum. The museum is situated within Blandford Forum military camp meaning we had to sign in and show photo ID. I was signed in by a former Gurkha who gave me precise details for getting to the [...]

19 Comments CherryPie on Jul 11th 2019

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Sherborne – Day Five

The weather was hot and sunny so instead of our planned visit to Dorchester, and after stopping to photograph the Cerne Abbas Giant, we headed to Lulworth Cove. We climbed to see the view of the cove and the Stair Hole rock formation from above.

After elevenses, we drove to Durdle Door where we walked down [...]

16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 10th 2019

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