Our last breakfast in the Grand, as was the first, was enjoyed in the quiet space of the Cyan restaurant rather than the main breakfast room.
It was then time for Mr C to pick up our car and bring it to the front of the hotel whilst I waited in the room for the concierge [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Arundel & Brighton 2023, Holidays
Arundel & Brighton – Day Ten
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2023
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Race for Reading – Day Twenty Nine
We had lunch at Chirk Castle followed by a walk around the gardens and woodland area. Due to it being bank holiday Monday the cafe’s main seating areas were busy. We found the secret additional seating area which was almost empty allowing us to enjoy our lunch in a calm oasis away from the hustle [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2023
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Windsor 2022
Hughenden Manor
Statesman Benjamin Disraeli and his wife Mary Anne had a significant influence on the styling of the country manor you see today. Disraeli hired architect Edward Buckton-Lamb to complete the transformation of Hughenden from a Georgian white stuccoed building into a Victorian country retreat. As you move through the rooms you will see the personalities [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 31st 2023
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Norfolk 2022
Blickling Hall
Blickling Hall is a Jacobean stately home situated in 5,000 acres of parkland in a loop of the River Bure, near the village of Blickling north of Aylsham in Norfolk, England. The mansion was built on the ruins of a Tudor building for Sir Henry Hobart from 1616 and designed by Robert Lyminge. The library at Blickling Hall contains one of the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 29th 2022
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Attingham Park – Day Three
The sun had got its hat on, a perfect excuse for me to visit the walled garden at Attingham Park. I arrived in time for lunch which I enjoyed sitting outside in the sunshine. After a leisurely stroll around the walled garden I took the pathway to the mile walk, another favourite location of mine [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 14th 2022
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Norfolk – Day Four
We set the alarm early so that we could get the car to Autoglass in time for its 9am appointment. Car checked in, we made our way to the nearby retail park, purchasing a few items from The Range and checking out bedside lamps in a lighting shop. We found the perfect one but unfortunately [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 29th 2022
