Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Cardiff 2025, Heritage, Holidays
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
Filed under Cardiff 2025, Holidays
If we cannot sing of faith and triumph, we will sing our despair. We will be that kind of bird. There are day owls, and there are night owls, and each is beautiful and even musical while about its business.
Henry David Thoreau
No Comments CherryPie on May 17th 2026
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.
George Herbert
4 Comments CherryPie on May 3rd 2026
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you.
And through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you.
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 27th 2026
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Winchester 2026
On the way down to breakfast, I noticed an empty bottle of alcohol that I had seen a couple of days ago on top of a table, and that had been tucked under the table the following day, was still there.
Once again, it was a self-service breakfast. The bacon had been under the heat lamp [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 21st 2026
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Winchester 2026
Breakfast was self-service and, as we had come to expect, there were only a few others in the breakfast room.
We drove to Salisbury to visit the Cathedral and tick off a third Cathedral of our trip in my Cathedral passport. It has been a long time since our previous visit and I had forgotten how [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Apr 20th 2026
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Winchester 2026
We arrived at the breakfast room a little later than usual to find that breakfast room had more people in it than on previous days. This meant that the self-service breakfast was warmer than the previous day.
We drove to Chichester to visit the Cathedral and get another stamp in my Cathedral passport. We enjoyed the [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Apr 18th 2026
