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Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, St Albans 2024

Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.
Louis Kahn

8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2024

Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Holidays, St Albans 2024

St Albans – Day Four

Case packed; we check out of the Premier Inn before our last breakfast in St Albans. We both had a senior moment in the car park; we paid the car parking fee put the bags in the car and then remembered that we were walking into town for breakfast!
We had to leave the car park [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2024

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St Albans – Day Three

When I awoke after another comfortable night’s sleep Mr C presented me with a small pile of presents for my birthday. I had a lot of fun opening them to find a couple of books, a Wrendale mug (to add to our collection) and the much-anticipated expansion pack to my board game Apiary.
After a slow [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 18th 2024

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St Albans – Day Two

I woke up suitably refreshed after a good night’s sleep. We decided not have breakfast in the hotel restaurant; there were many other options nearby. Mr C settled on ‘Café on the Corner’ which we found was run by a community charity, helping people who have limited learning capabilities or difficulties. We had to wait [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 16th 2024

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St Albans – Day One

We left neither early nor late but precisely when we meant to. The journey, although tedious, was smooth without any hitches. Along the way we took a detour to have lunch in an ‘Extra Mile’ recommended eatery. The café was located in a small Rural Shopping Yard in the quaint village of Castle Ashby. Somehow, [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 13th 2024

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The Wanderer Returns…

… from a birthday adventure

or… was it just a welcome time to chill out

12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 7th 2024

Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Windsor Revisited 2022

The Royal Castle of Berkhamsted

Berkhamsted Castle was first built as a motte-and-bailey castle in the late 11th century. Kept in royal hands, it was occupied by key figures of the Middle Ages, such as Thomas Becket, Richard, Earl of Cornwall, and the Black Prince. Much of its stone was plundered during the 16th century.

The lodge situated at the site [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2022

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