I have visited Chirk and walked across the aqueduct on previous occasions, just stepping my toe across the border from Wales into England. It is fun to say you have stepped from Wales into England with just a few footsteps.
Today I had the opportunity to step out further along the canal pathway for an enjoyable [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Chirk Aqueduct Walk
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 16th 2022
Filed under Anecdotes
Throw Back Thursday
Walking in the Lake District 22 years ago, the year before the Foot and Mouth outbreak in 2001.
The outbreak led to me getting out of the habit of walking. I am so happy to have re-acquired the habit. My first tentative steps back into walking were in 2018, then in 2019 I came across [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 15th 2022
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
Stafford Castle & Woodland Walk
Stafford Castle is an ancient Grade II listed castle situated two miles west of the town of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. From the time of the Norman Conquest and as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 it was the seat of the powerful Anglo-Norman Stafford family (originally de Tosny, later via a female line[1] de Stafford), feudal barons of Stafford, later Barons Stafford [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 12th 2022
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 6th 2022
The breakfast experience in the hotel was a little chaotic but the food was excellent. I chose waffles with fruit compote which arrived with a spoonful of clotted cream on top. Clotted cream, or any other cream, is not what I enjoy (or expect) at breakfast, I removed it and put it to the side [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 30th 2021
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
Post Lockdown Haircut…
… followed by the arrival of my new garden bench and later fine dining at Chez Nous.
11 Comments CherryPie on Apr 14th 2021
