The service at breakfast was not as efficient-much slower-than it had been the previous day. Several people were seeking out the waitress for their order to be taken only to be told to return to their table, someone would be along soon.
The waitress eventually came to take our order (after taking an order from others [...]
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Cornwall & Exeter – Day Three
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Cornwall & Exeter – Day Two
Breakfast and the associated service were excellent. There was a buffet selection and a menu offering cooked-to-order choices. I selected a child’s vegetarian breakfast.
Mr C wanted to tick off some of his bucket list items, so we headed to Land’s End via St Michaels Mount. We paused briefly at St Michaels Mount for Mr C [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 13th 2026
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Cornwall & Exeter – Day One
The first destination of our holiday was Padstow. When we set off (on time), the temperature was 94F s0 we were glad of the car’s air conditioning. We stopped for lunch in Gloucester services where we sat inside after we decided it was too hot to sit outside. Later, we stopped at Exeter services for [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 12th 2026
Flowers are the beautiful hieroglyphics of nature with which she indicates how much she loves us.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 6th 2026
It is the month of June, the month of leaves and roses, when pleasant sights salute the eyes and pleasant scents the noses.
Nathaniel Parker Willis
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If you respond consciously, what you want will happen. If you react compulsively, what someone else wants will happen.
Sadhguru
No Comments CherryPie on May 24th 2026
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St Fagans Museum of National History
Nantwallter Cottage
In 1785 Morgan David Morgan agreed to rent this cottage from the Plas Taliaris estate for about £9 a year.
The family were self-sufficient, keeping a pig and growing vegetables, so they could have food available all year – even if money was scarce.
The walls of their cottage were mad of ‘clom’ – a mixture [...]
No Comments CherryPie on May 19th 2026
