Archive for the 'Out & About' Category
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
PhotoHunt – Public
At one time Wroxeter was the fourth largest town in Roman Britain with an estimated population of 5000 at it’s height.
In the mid-19th century excavations at the site revealed the public baths. The baths were constructed between AD 120 and 150 to a standard plan that was used throughout the western part of the Roman [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 21st 2011
Filed under Gardens, Out & About
A Busy Weekend – Again ;-)
On Saturday I attended a planned celebration trip to Alton Towers. I am not a fan of roller-coaster rides etc. but there were other opportunities there for me to enjoy
The gardens were one of my enjoyments although I had to do a little detour when a group of (eight) Neanderthals were yelling to [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 17th 2011
Filed under Out & About
PhotoHunt – High
The fountain is capable of reaching a height of 90 meters.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
PS: I seem to be in some sort of time warp and my post for high is a week early. I wonder if my post for public will appear next week…
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 14th 2011
Filed under Out & About
Normal Service has been Resumed
After a weekend of “Error establishing a database connection” my blog for now seems to be behaving itself and the engineers are looking into why the problem keeps recurring. So what have I been doing whilst I have been away? Taking advantage of the lovely sunny weather of course
On Saturday I had lunch, [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 3rd 2011
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PhotoHunt – Painted
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I had ordered a macro lens. When I went to the shop there was only a display model so I asked for a new one to be ordered.
What should have been simple turned into a saga…
On the day the lens was due in store, I rang up [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Aug 5th 2011
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
A Perfect Day
I went to see the final instalment of Harry Potter at the cinema on Saturday. The film did the book justice and there was some powerful acting that brought the scenes to life. It was well worth the wait.
Before the film I spent a busy day in Birmingham. I had a good old browse around [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 25th 2011
