We had intended to set off around 10am but had run a little behind schedule. As we were just about ready to leave, the phone rang which contributed to us leaving nearly an hour later than we had intended.
We consulted ‘The Extra Mile’ book to find a suitable place for lunch and settled on Ferns [...]
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Filed under Gloucester 2023, Holidays
Gloucester – Day One
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 24th 2023
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Oxford 2014
Christ Church Oxford
Christ Church was originally founded by Cardinal Wolsey as Cardinal’s College in 1524. The college buildings took over the site of St. Frideswide’s Monastery, which was suppressed by Wolsey to fund his college
The monastery dated back to the earliest days of Oxford as a settlement in the 9th Century AD. When Wolsey fell from power [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 10th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
A Perfect Day
I went to see the final instalment of Harry Potter at the cinema on Saturday. The film did the book justice and there was some powerful acting that brought the scenes to life. It was well worth the wait.
Before the film I spent a busy day in Birmingham. I had a good old browse around [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 25th 2011
Filed under Anecdotes
Busy Weekend
I eventually managed to get to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. It was well worth the wait, although I could have done without all the interruptions from people frequently leaving and entering the cinema throughout the film. The essence of the book was captured very well, but I think some bits [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 15th 2009
Filed under This & That
PhotoHunt – Book(s)
I am posting early this week because I am off to the Love Music Hate Racism festival tomorrow and I will be there all day. So there will be no chance for blogging, but probably lots of photo opportunities. Some of you may have seen the first picture before but I just couldn’t resist posting [...]
31 Comments CherryPie on May 29th 2009
