We packed our bags and raided the breakfast boxes for items to save for another day then checked out. We had another in-car picnic breakfast before heading off to Berkeley Castle for which we had pre-booked tickets. We arrived before the castle gates opened so on arrival we walked around the Yurt café walled garden [...]
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Stanton Manor – Day Three
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 29th 2020
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Stanton Manor – Day Two
Drifting in and out of my dream, I heard an alarm going off. As I came to I reached out for my glasses. Where were they? I couldn’t place my hand on them in the usual place. I had the same difficulty with the light switch so I sat up in order to put my [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 28th 2020
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Stanton Manor – Day One
We set off in good time despite having had an impromptu family visit the day before. The get together with my brother and nephews was wonderful but it made packing our bags a little bit rushed.
We picked mum up before heading to Bourton-on-the-Water for lunch. The town seemed busier than I have ever seen it [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 24th 2020
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Another Room…
…another view
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 20th 2020
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A Room with a View
As seen on my recent mini break
Anecdotes and photos coming soon!
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 13th 2020
Inclement weather had set in for the day, so after breakfast we decided not retrace our steps to find the Torrent Walk. Instead we tried to locate a lake we stopped off at on our previous stay in Tyn’ Y Cornel Hotel many years ago.
We failed on that mission too. Note to myself, I should [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 31st 2020
We enjoyed breakfast looking out over the lake. Due to current restrictions there was no buffet table and all food is brought to the table. I opted for pancakes with fruit compote.
After breakfast, we tried to find a waterfall walk called the Torrent Walk that we had seen in the hotel’s information folder. The start [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 27th 2020
