We had some complications along the way but both Christmas trees are finally up and decorated. As I was going to bed on Saturday evening I noticed that even though the heating was turned off it still appeared to be running. It is only a few weeks since we had a similar problem fixed. This [...]
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A Pre-Christmas Wine Buying Guide
Christmas is a time of festivities and among other things our thoughts turn to food and wine to share with our guests as we celebrate the occasion. What follows is a re-post of a Christmas wine buying guide by Wiggia, who helps us in our choice of festive wine to accompany our festive fair…
I wanted [...]
3 Comments CherryPie on Dec 7th 2015
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
If you cannot read all your books…fondle them—peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that you at least know where they are. Let them be your [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 4th 2015
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Christmas Through the Ages
In the busy run up to Christmas I was able to find a brief time slot that allowed me to visit Attingham Park for lunch and to see the house decked out for Christmas through the ages. Each room had a different feel and different styles of Christmas decorations and trees.
As in previous years one [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 27th 2014
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Boxing Day
Today our visitors turned up late and one less than expected. It was a good job Mr C had factored lateness into his cooking schedule. As we were enjoying our dinner the snow began to fall…
Due to eating lunch late our visitors were too full when it was time for tea. We sent them home [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 26th 2014
