Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
I met with a friend for lunch in Attingham Park. Lunch was followed by a leisurely stroll around the walled garden, woodland and deer park. By the time we left Attingham I had reached my target of 10000 steps for the walking challenge that I am taking part in.
Following my planned walk in Attingham Park [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on Jun 19th 2018
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I struggled to get my head in gear for walking today but eventually I forced one foot forward…
I managed to get a little lost along the way. Well not quite lost, I just couldn’t find my way back onto the main footpath. When I did find the main footpath it was further along the path [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 13th 2018
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Due to my walking challenge, I have been so focused on walking that I have not got around to gathering my thoughts to post about the places that I visited in York. They will be coming soon, but for now I am sharing some photographs from another walk, this time in Apley Woods.
After a little [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 4th 2018
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For various reasons I was feeling a little out of sorts when I woke up this morning. It took me a little while to get my head in gear to go for a walk.
Stepping out from my house I chose to explore a new walking route. I need to give this route more time to [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 1st 2018
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After the weekend storms, bank holiday monday turned out bright and beautiful so we headed of to the Shugborough Estate. It was our first visit since the National Trust had taken over all of the estate after Staffordshire County Council surrendered the lease with the National Trust.
The context of the house and estate are being [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 29th 2018
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I persuaded Mr C that we should walk into the local town to pick up eggs from the market rather than drive in. Whilst we were in town we had lunch before returning home using a different route.
On our return journey we made a detour to see how my mum’s bungalow is coming along. Whilst [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2018
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Overnight the weather had turned from sunshine to showers. Mr C was working from home so I couldn’t do round the house circuits to meet my ‘Walking Challenge’ step count. This meant that despite the weather I had to head out on a walk… As I set off on my walk, the rain had eased [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on May 25th 2018
