At breakfast we were served with the first proper cup of tea of the weekend. Two individual pots of tea that were brewed to perfection.
Rain was forecast for the day so we headed of to Croome Court, a National Trust property. As we are National Trust members, entrance was free so it didn’t matter if [...]
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Colwall – Day Four
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 17th 2017
Filed under Books, Hay-on-Wye 2015, Holidays
And The Word Was Made Flesh
John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 8th 2017
Built in the mid 14th century, St Michael and All Angel’ church, situated next to Croft Castle is a Grade 2 listed building. Some of the features we see today are later additions to the church building.
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 7th 2017
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Wells 2017
Montacute House – The Orangary
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 2nd 2017
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Montacute House
Montacute House was built in about 1598 by Sir Edward Phelips, whose family had lived in the Montacute area since at least 1460, first as yeomen farmers before rising in status.[6] The site was bought from the Cluniac Montacute Priory by Thomas Phelips and passed to his grandson, also called Thomas, who started planning the house, but died [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 1st 2017
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Wells 2017
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Teach us delight in simple things,
And mirth that has no bitter springs.
Rudyard Kipling
10 Comments CherryPie on May 28th 2017
