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25 Comments CherryPie on Mar 4th 2011
Today has been one of those days…
On the way to work this morning I needed to pick up a couple of parcels from the local post office. This proved difficult because the town civic offices and library are currently being regenerated which meant that getting into town and parking up was a nightmare. There were roadworks, council vans and cars all over the place but I did manage to find a car parking space eventually.
I retrieved my parcels and made my way back to the car, where I looked in my bag to get my access passes out ready to show at the gate on the way into work. I couldn’t find my vehicle pass, which I suspected I had accidentally removed from my bag along with couple of books I had put on the bed before I left the house.
Now I was in a dilemma… If I called back at the house to get the pass I would be late for work. If I went straight to the office I didn’t (still don’t) know what the policy is if you don’t have one of your passes with you. Which meant I would be late for work due to filling out paperwork or being turned away because I didn’t have my credentials with me. I elected to call home and collect my pass and was just a few minutes late. I am not sure if I was missed 
One of the first things I tried to do at work required a password change which proved complicated and involved a call to the help desk for a password reset. Later in the day the same site refused to accept my new password and I had to get it reset yet again…
Fast forward to a few minutes ago when I tried to access the weight watchers site to update my graph for this post, I got the same run around routine. The site not recognising the password, user name, email etc. I hope you will understand then why there is no graph tonight. Hopefully normal service will be resumed ASAP.
Just in case you were wondering I lost 1lb tonight, which makes up for last week 
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 3rd 2011
Following a comment on my recent ‘mostly black‘ post, I am posting these pictures to show that photographs of ‘mostly white’ are in fact possible
20 Comments CherryPie on Mar 2nd 2011
…Churches, Houses, Castles
This was one of the books that I received for my birthday. I also received England’s Thousand Best Houses, England’s Thousand Best Churches (both by Simon Jenkins) and The Garden’s of English Heritage (by Gillian Mawray and Linden Groves). It has been one of my lunch time reads at work and if I left it lying around on the desk someone else was bound to pick it up and browse through it.
The book covers buildings that are great like the big Marcher castles and Cathedrals along with the small little known churches that are off the beaten track. The criteria for inclusion in the book is that they must at least be open and accessible to the public. Each building is given a star rating from 1 to 5, this does not relate to the quality or importance of the building but rather to the pleasure that is experienced during a visit to the place.
In addition to the architectural delights that are to be found between the covers there is also a wealth of information about the people who were associated with the buildings. This builds up a cultural history of Wales and brings the buildings to life.
I really enjoyed the book and found some little gems that I must make time to visit. The book is well worth a read. Each chapter covers a different county with a map to show where the properties are located, making it ideal to have to hand if you are visiting a specific area, either on holiday or for a day trip.
4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 1st 2011
…from the outside.
Maybe next time I will get to see it from the inside
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 28th 2011
When one teaches, two learn.
Robert A. Heinlein
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 27th 2011
Last weekend I briefly visited Wenlock Priory, which some of you will remember is one of my favourite places. The air within the grounds was distinctly chilly, much chillier than it was outside in the town. I must have been due to the overnight rainfall collecting in the earth, keeping the temperature cool.
This is a photo from a previous visit, but I will be sharing last weeks photos soon
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PS: The eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed a different PhotoHunt post earlier. I was getting a little ahead of the PhotoHunt schedule
22 Comments CherryPie on Feb 25th 2011
