We booked a last-minute overnighter so that we could spend a whole day at Chatsworth. Before setting off on our journey we visited mum who seemed in a better place than she had been in recent days.
As we left it was time for lunch (both mum’s and ours) so we stopped at Boscobel House for [...]
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Chesterfield – Day One
3 Comments CherryPie on Mar 28th 2025
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Boscobel House for Lunch
I needed to visit the Madely dental practice to drop off a form for my mum and by the time this had been done it was time for lunch. After a bit of thought Western Park seemed a suitable place but on arrival, we found the café was closed.
We resumed our journey, pondering a suitable [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on May 15th 2024
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Royal Connections
The first day of the bank holiday commemorating the Platinum Jubilee of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II saw us visiting Boscobel House. Boscobel House is famous as a hiding place for King Charles II when fleeing for his life after his defeat in the Civil War. He spent a night in one of priest [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 2nd 2022
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Shropshire Lavender
Recently I have been reading a local guidebook to give me new inspiration for places to visit in Shropshire. One of the places sounded perfect for the beautiful summer weather that we have been experiencing, so the weekend before last I decided it would be nice to take Mr C out to a mystery location [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 17th 2018
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PhotoHunt – Wooden
Old houses always had a lot of wood in their construction.
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18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 16th 2011
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
A desire not to butt into other people’s business is at least eighty percent of all human wisdom.
Robert A. Heinlein
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 17th 2011
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100 Photos 71 :: English Heritage
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