… at Attingham Park
The pumpkin patch has now been harvested and the cabbages look delicious.
As I started my walk the rain set in so I wasn’t able to take many photos. Back at the car, after my walk the rain eased off to almost nothing!
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Watery Wales
We got absolutely soaked on our day trip to Hay-on-Wye. Just after lunch the heavens opened and we were drenched by rain of Biblical proportions. Driving home was a little tricky to start with due to standing water on the country lanes.
Wearing soggy trousers made me feel unclean so when we got home I had [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 21st 2024
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An Invitation
On Bank Holiday Monday Paddington Bear invited me to Snugburys to sample his marmalade ice cream. When I arrived, he doffed his hat to welcome me.
Thank you, Paddington. The ice cream was delicious.
9 Comments CherryPie on Aug 31st 2024
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Shot at Dawn
The Shot at Dawn Memorial commemorates 309 British and Commonwealth soldiers who were shot for desertion, cowardice, striking a senior officer, disobeying a lawful order, casting away arms, mutiny and sleeping at post during the First World War. Most of them were sentenced after a short trial at which no real opportunity for defence was [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 17th 2024
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UK Police Memorial
The UK Police Memorial hpnours the courage and sacrifice of those who have given their lives to UK plicing. The design embraces the Celtic spiritual concept of a thin place, where we step from one world to another. Contrasts in light and shade, the wild and the controlled, add to the experience of a serene [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 16th 2024
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Liberated
All across Europe, behind gates such as these, over 350,000 service personnel were held as Prisoners of War, existing on the most basic of rations in crowded unsanitary and barely tolerable donditions for up to 5 years.
Fir some repatriation came early due to serious medical reasons or non-combatant status, whilst others were liberated directly from [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 15th 2024
