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Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Malta 2023

Last Glimpse of Malta…

It is unfortunate that I am unable to share all my photo memories of our Malta adventure so I leave you with these final glimpses from our holiday.
I captured some lovely moments walking around Valletta; a lizard playing hide and seek with me in the upper Barraka Gardens, hidden gems of history, birds with their [...]

7 Comments CherryPie on Jan 28th 2024

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Malta – Day Seven

For some reason I was feeling out of sorts when I woke up, possibly because I could feel the beginnings of the lurgy coming on. We were a little late for breakfast but thankfully there was only a small queue.
After breakfast we had planned to catch the ferry to Birgu but the plan was flexed [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2023

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Malta – Day Two

Our 3.30 am alarm call allowed us to get to the airport at 5am in time for our 7.05am flight. We encountered a slight hiccup when the in-car SatNav directed us to a blocked road which, too late we remembered had happened last time we flew from Manchester airport. It was four years ago so [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 16th 2023

Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About

Caernarfon Castle

On May bank holiday Saturday, a last-minute decision led us to visit Caernarfon Castle. We had initially intended to have lunch in Caernarfon but as we travelled along the A55 we remembered my recent purchase, a book called ‘The Extra Mile’, which leads the traveller of the motorway and bland service station catering to nearby [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on May 5th 2023

Filed under Crookham 2009, Heritage, Holidays

PhotoHunt – Informative

An information board near to Craster harbour was very informative:

Crastor Harbour
…an important cultural landmark within the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty…
Craster developed as a fishing village around a small natural harbour formed between the outlying rocks of Little Carr and Muckle Carr.  The traditional fishing boat of the North East Coast, the coble,  [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 17th 2011

Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays

Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.
Robert A Heinlein

18 Comments CherryPie on Jan 30th 2011