We travelled to Nottingham to meet my nephew and his lady for lunch. I clocked up quite a few steps walking between the car park and restaurant. When I got home I topped them up with a quick local walk in the afternoon sunshine.
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Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
A Late Afternoon Walk…
… followed by fine dining on the patio
The weather was hot and humid so I waited until the late afternoon for my walk, choosing a route with plenty of shade.
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 21st 2021
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Sherborne & Cirencester 2021
Around Sherborne
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 17th 2021
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 Gardens, Out & About
Dorothy Clive Gardens…
… on a sunny Sunday afternoon
The garden’s initial creation lay in Colonel Harry Clive’s wartime decision of 1940, to provide his ailing wife – Dorothy – with a ‘series of interesting walks’ as she battled with Parkinson’s disease. Unfortunately Dorothy died in 1942 but Colonel Clive continued work apace throughout the 1940s and 1950s, especially [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Apr 19th 2021
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Keep your face always towards the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.
Walt Whitman
Comments Off CherryPie on Apr 18th 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
