The Mock Orange in our garden is looking spectacular this year despite the wind trying to do its worst with the blooms.
I am sorry for the low quality of the image, I had to take it through my upstairs window so as not to disturb the baby Pied Wagtail that had taken up residence on [...]
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Mock Orange
2 Comments CherryPie on Jun 16th 2018
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Walking Again…
I struggled to get my head in gear for walking today but eventually I forced one foot forward…
I managed to get a little lost along the way. Well not quite lost, I just couldn’t find my way back onto the main footpath. When I did find the main footpath it was further along the path [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 13th 2018
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Celebrating Twenty Years xx
A day out at Haddon Hall followed by ‘Fine Dining’ on the patio.
16 Comments CherryPie on Jun 6th 2018
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A Walk in the Woods
Due to my walking challenge, I have been so focused on walking that I have not got around to gathering my thoughts to post about the places that I visited in York. They will be coming soon, but for now I am sharing some photographs from another walk, this time in Apley Woods.
After a little [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 4th 2018
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Stepping a New Pathway
For various reasons I was feeling a little out of sorts when I woke up this morning. It took me a little while to get my head in gear to go for a walk.
Stepping out from my house I chose to explore a new walking route. I need to give this route more time to [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 1st 2018
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Shugborough Estate
After the weekend storms, bank holiday monday turned out bright and beautiful so we headed of to the Shugborough Estate. It was our first visit since the National Trust had taken over all of the estate after Staffordshire County Council surrendered the lease with the National Trust.
The context of the house and estate are being [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 29th 2018
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A Walk Into Town
I persuaded Mr C that we should walk into the local town to pick up eggs from the market rather than drive in. Whilst we were in town we had lunch before returning home using a different route.
On our return journey we made a detour to see how my mum’s bungalow is coming along. Whilst [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2018
