Cherie's Place » Languedoc http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:49:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Sunday Brunch… http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2025/03/04/sunday-brunch/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2025/03/04/sunday-brunch/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:38:53 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=27464 … at Truffles Cafe in Ironbridge

Sunday Brunch

Afterwards we visited mum in the nearby care home on a day when she was not quite herself.

Much later in the day we dined in the Giggling Squid before visiting Theatre Severn to hear Kate Mosse ‘Unlocking the Secrets of the Labyrinth’. She shared her inspiration for her novel Labyrinth and the subsequent books in the trilogy and the book that didn’t quite fit in with her research.

Kate shared the beauty, history and mystery of Carcassonne and the Languedoc region from the 13th century wars of religion between Catholics and Cathars in south-west France to modern-day Grail legends and conspiracy theories.

Carcassonne, Aude

The talk brought back fond memories of my visit to Carcassonne.

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I invite you to join me at Vision & Verb where I talk about the Museum of Torture that I visited whilst I was in Carcassonne.  It displayed the instruments of torture that were used in the middle ages.  The museum focused in detail on the Albigensian crusades and the Inquisition and left visitors with a chilling reminder that these things and worse still continue to this day.

Vision and Verb

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