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
Archive for the 'Out & About' Category
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
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Plane Spotting
Vulcan XH558 is reaching the end of her flying days and over the weekend she flew a couple of farewell fly past tours. I was able to stand on a grassy mound at Cosford in order to watch her fly by.
We heard her before we saw her because her approach was obscured by the Cold [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 12th 2015
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of others; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another, for as you are, you are.
Thomas A Kempis
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 16th 2015
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Cupcakes and Lemonade
As we were leaving our house this morning I noticed one of the neighbours and a young girl at the end of their drive writing on a flip chart and I wondered what they were up to. As we drove past, we noticed a table with cakes that appeared to be for sale. By now [...]
25 Comments CherryPie on Aug 1st 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About, Science & Nature
Sugnall Walled Garden Revisited
On Sunday (yesterday) we took my in-laws out for lunch to Sugnall walled garden. It was a belated fathers day trip due to us traveling home from our holidays on fathers day.
We found that Sugnall walled garden was completely transformed since our previous visit. Everything was in full bloom and the summer marquee was in [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 20th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
A perfect Day
I booked today off work so I could spend some time in my local memorial garden followed by lunch out. I was hoping for a nice relaxing day away from work and was rather dismayed when I arrived at home yesterday to find that one of the front tyres on my car looked rather deflated. [...]
7 Comments CherryPie on Jul 15th 2015
