Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
The fountain was installed in Goswell Park, Windsor in 2012 for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
The Fountain was inspired by the crown jewels and features 60 different water jets. There are also lights which make it a magical site at night. There is a garden area around the fountain where you can sit [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2022
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Ravello 2017
As we finish our Christmas celebrations and start to focus on New Year celebrations I am reminded of my holiday plans for the coming year.
We hope to visit Lincoln at Easter so that we can partake in the Easter morning communion service and we are planning to continue our travels in Italy from where we [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Dec 27th 2017
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About
The east front entrance to Powis Castle has been closed to the public since the castle was donated to the National Trust in 1952. In more recent years the stairs had started to crumble and one of the retaining walls in the terrace was in danger of collapse which could have undermined the structural stability [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 29th 2017
Filed under Anecdotes
I arrived home this evening with thoughts of cooking this evening’s dinner and plans for the weekend ahead. I had only been home a few minutes when Mr C came to sit with me, after a few minutes he started to study a piece of paper. I enquired about what he was looking at and [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 3rd 2017
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Lincoln 2016
The castle gates remain closed until 10 o’clock so after breakfast and checking out of the hotel we visited a small garden next to the lawns. By the time we had finished in the garden it was still to early for the gates to be open so we took the long way round to visit [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 22nd 2016
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On Saturday, Mr C, my mum and I set off for Droylesden to celebrate my aunt’s 90th birthday. I had recently upgraded our SatNav so that now we have live traffic information and newer maps. This trip was its inaugural outing. I keyed in the destination and off we set on our journey…
Just after Market [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 23rd 2015
