Drifting in and out of my dream, I heard an alarm going off. As I came to I reached out for my glasses. Where were they? I couldn’t place my hand on them in the usual place. I had the same difficulty with the light switch so I sat up in order to put my [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Stanton Manor 2020
Stanton Manor – Day Two
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 28th 2020
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Stanton Manor 2020
Stanton Manor – Day One
We set off in good time despite having had an impromptu family visit the day before. The get together with my brother and nephews was wonderful but it made packing our bags a little bit rushed.
We picked mum up before heading to Bourton-on-the-Water for lunch. The town seemed busier than I have ever seen it [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 24th 2020
Filed under Harrogate 2020, Holidays
Another Room…
…another view
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 20th 2020
Inclement weather had set in for the day, so after breakfast we decided not retrace our steps to find the Torrent Walk. Instead we tried to locate a lake we stopped off at on our previous stay in Tyn’ Y Cornel Hotel many years ago.
We failed on that mission too. Note to myself, I should [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 31st 2020
We enjoyed breakfast looking out over the lake. Due to current restrictions there was no buffet table and all food is brought to the table. I opted for pancakes with fruit compote.
After breakfast, we tried to find a waterfall walk called the Torrent Walk that we had seen in the hotel’s information folder. The start [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 27th 2020
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, York 2020
Crypt Chapel of All Saints
Like a medieval chapel, it is the first chapel in an English cathedral designed as a columbarium, a resting place for the ashes of the dead, whose names are engraved in the stone walls.*
*from the Sheffield Cathedral handbook
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 21st 2020
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, York 2020
Chapel of the Holy Spirit – Sheffield Cathedral
The open arcaded design of the new St George’s Chapel allows a view through to the upper part of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit beyond.*
The Sheffield Steel Nativity by Brian Fell sometimes stands just within the entrance to the chapel, depending on the season.*
*From the Sheffield Cathedral guide book
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 15th 2020
