True friends are like bright sunflowers that never fade away, even over distance and time.
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4 Comments CherryPie on Mar 30th 2025
Filed under Chesterfield 2025, Holidays
Chesterfield – Day Two
The room was warm and cosy leading to a lovely relaxing night’s sleep.
I packed my bags which I hadn’t been able to do the night before because of my clothes that were wet due to the Bolsover deluge. However, my fleece was still quite damp and not suitable for wearing or packing.
We checked out of [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 29th 2025
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Chesterfield – Day One
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 [...]
3 Comments CherryPie on Mar 28th 2025
Filed under Anecdotes
VE 80th Anniversary Challenge – Day Six
Day six concluded my overnight mini adventure in chesterfield and beyond.
No Comments CherryPie on Mar 24th 2025
Day five was the start of a mini overnight adventure…
No Comments CherryPie on Mar 24th 2025
Filed under Out & About
A Sunday Adventure to…
… 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
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage
Haddon Hall – The Chapel
The chapel, dedicated to St Nicholas was originally the parish church of Nether Haddon. The chapel has been extended over the years and contains some of the earliest masonry in the fabric of the hall.*
The walls in the chapel display some fine fresco seccoes which would have originally have been brightly coloured. It is thought [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Aug 20th 2018
