Yesterday the weather was glorious, so it had to be taken advantage of. I went out for lunch to Moseley Old Hall, then strolled round the garden. Instead of touring the house, which is interesting I decided to take in Boscobel House as well. Both houses have an interesting history with a Charles II connection.
I was a little bit disappointed to see that Boscobel House was in need of some TLC, the paintwork was peeling off outside. Maybe this was due to the cold winter we have had… Hopefully it will be restored to it’s former glory soon.
Tags: Boscobel House, Charles II, English Heritage, Mosely Old Hall, National Trust
The proposed visit to Attingham Park that I mentioned yesterday went ahead as planned.
The weather was perfect, we (my Mum and I) arrived just before a tour of the ‘Lady Berwick Garden’ was due to take place. It was an opportunity not to be missed.
Warden, Ron Iremonger took us on the short walk to the garden. Along the way we learned many interesting facts about the house, estate and gardens. I will share some of them with you in due course, but for now enjoy the view from the ‘Lady Berwick Garden’ which is quite hidden. I would never have thought to check out the path that lead there, but now I know 
I will leave you with two pictures from the garden, they are taken from the snowy ground that you can see in the last photo of my previous post.
Tags: Attingham Park, Bridge, Lady Berwick Garden, National Trust, River, River Tern, Ron Iremonger, Trees
9th April 1941:
The budget has almost knocked the Balkan campaign out of the news. It is the former and not the latter that I overhear people everywhere discussing. [1]
[1] The budget raised the basic rate of income tax to ten shillings in the pound (50%). Peter Davison
From the Orwell Diaries.
Tags: 1941, George Orwell, History, The Orwell Diaries, WWII
This is such a perfect topic for a tree lover like me. I have so many photos to choose from. I settled with these three.
The first photo was taken in my garden last week as the sun was setting.
The other two were taken in Attingham Park in February last year. They remind me of my Dad, it is difficult to explain why.
I should be visiting Attingham tomorrow and that connects up with another story related to my Dad
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
Tags: Attingham Park, Cherie's Place, Memories, National Trust, River Tern, Sunset, Trees
7th April 1941:
Belgrade bombed yesterday, and the first official announcement this morning that there is a British army in Greece – 150,000 men, so they say. So the mystery of where the British army in Libya had gone to it at last cleared up, though this had been obvious enough when the British retreated from Benghazi. Impossible to say yet whether the treaty of friendship between Jugo-Slavia and the U.S.S.R. means anything or nothing, but it is difficult to believe that it doesn’t point to a worsening of Russo-German relations. One will get another indication of the Russian attitude when and if the Emperor of Abyssinia is restored – i.e., whether the Russian government recognises him and sends an ambassador to his court.
…Shortage of labour more and more apparent and prices of such things as textiles and furniture rising to a frightening extent …The secondhand furniture trade, after years of depression, is booming … It is evident that calling-up is now being consciously used as a way of silencing undesirables. The reserved age for journalists has been raised to 41 – this won’t bring them in more than a few hundred men, but can be used against individuals whenever desired. It would be comic if after having been turned down for the army on health grounds ten months ago it were suddenly found that my health had improved to just the point at which I was fit to be a private in the Pioneers.
From the Orwell Diaries.
Tags: 1941, George Orwell, History, The Orwell Diaries, WWII
I was a little bit surprised by my weigh in this week, a gain of 3lb. I only had one bad day which was Mother’s day, the food options were out of my hands. But even the few extra treats during that meal can’t account for such a gain. I thought I would have stayed the same as last week or perhaps gained 0.5lb…
My clothes don’t feel any tighter than last week and visually I can’t see any gain. But perhaps I shouldn’t go into so much detail
Tags: ProPoints, Weight Loss, Weight Watchers
