Remarkably for us we were packed and ready to go before lunch. We phoned my mum before we set off because she was feeling down in spirits due to a recent diagnosis that added to her ongoing health issues.
After the phone call we set off on our journey to the Premier Inn Heald Green for [...]
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Travelling
Recently a dear friend passed away after a relatively short illness. His funeral took place the day after the late May bank holiday.
Mr C wrote the eulogy which he was still tweaking on the morning of bank holiday Monday before we set off on our long journey south to Great Yarmouth where the funeral was [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 1st 2024
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Malta 2023
Malta – Day One
Although we were both quite disorganised in our packing and preparations, we actually managed to set off on time for our overnight stay in the Premier Inn. We always choose to stay overnight in a hotel near to the airport when we have an early morning flight, it allows us to get to the airport [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Nov 15th 2023
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Taormina 2019
Taormina – Day One
All packed and ready to go on our travels to Italy, we set off mid afternoon for our overnight stay in the Premier Inn near to Manchester airport. We chose the quick route using the motorway which turned out to be unexpectedly slow and the fading afternoon light led to unpleasant driving conditions. This caused [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 17th 2019
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Ravello 2017
Ravello – Day One
In the afternoon after Mr C had finished his ironing and packing we headed off to Manchester where we were staying overnight because of an early flight the next morning. The SatNav took us on our normal route passed Jodrell Bank. The radio telescope’s dish was upturned and as it had just started to rain [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 16th 2017
