Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Out & About
… The Children’s Country House at Sudbury
The sun had got its hat so we decided to have a day out. It is a long time since we last visited Sudbury Hall, formerly the home of the Vernon family with the museum of childhood located in the19th-century servant’s wing.
We were disappointed to find that both the [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 22nd 2025
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As the end of 2024 was drawing to a close, we intended for one last day trip to London. We were looking forward to seeing London with its festive lights all aglow.
Sadly, we were not able to visit London to enjoy the festivities because mum became unwell again and was admitted to hospital at the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Mar 9th 2025
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On the Sunday before Christmas, the day before Christmas Eve we had an excursion to Chirk Castle with one of Mr C’s friends. Before we set off on our excursion we briefly called in on someone else to exchange presents in time for Christmas.
Chirk Castle had a fun theme for their Christmas display “Christmas of [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 1st 2019
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The Elan Valley is a place of childhood memories. As a family we visited often at the end of the school holidays just as the trees were turning to shades of autumn. It has been on our wish list (Mr C and I) as a place to visit for over 20 years. On the occasion [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Sep 11th 2018
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… from my previous post
I revealed the first of those photographs as Pitchford Hall.
My next blog post will reveal the second location from that post. The photo above is a second teaser to the second location…
I have just returned from a weekend mini break, meeting up with photographer friends, old and new
I have [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 4th 2018
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The 17th century tapestries which hand in the Great Chamber are either Flemish or French in origin. The tapestries are all that remain from the Great Chamber of a much larger collection that had remained in the hall for 200 years whilst the hall was unoccupied. The 9th Duke removed the tapestries from the hall [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Aug 16th 2018
