Yesterday we undertook a day trip to visit my Aunt who lives in Manchester. There was a time when we always used the same tried and tested route to her house. That was until I purchased a new SatNav last year and tested it out on a visit to my Aunt. The SatNav took us [...]
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Filed under Gardens, Out & About
Westonbury Mill Water Gardens
8 Comments CherryPie on May 11th 2016
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
Acton Burnell Castle
A fortified manor house built in the late 13th century by Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Chancellor of England from 1274-92, and for more than thirty years the friend, confidant and adviser of King Edward I.
When the king was staying at Acton Burnell in the autumn of 1283, he summoned one of the [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 7th 2016
Throughout my whole life, during every minute of it, the world has been gradually lighting up and blazing before my eyes until it has come to surround me, entirely lit from within.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 21st 2016
Do not you believe that there is in us a depth so profound as to be hidden even to the one in whom it is?
Saint Augustine
16 Comments CherryPie on Jan 3rd 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
London 2015
We booked a taxi to take us to the coach in good time for our annual trip to London. Normally, we drive and leave the car outside the local supermarket but on this occasion the trip coincided with an annual bonfire event and the place would be teeming with people. The journey to London ran [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 16th 2015
