Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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It took a little bit longer that I hoped but I have recently completed my latest walking challenge.
King Charles III’s coronation will take place on Saturday 6 May 2023 at Westminster Abbey in London. During the ceremony, the King will be crowned alongside Camilla, the Queen Consort.
In celebration we have this special 62km challenge, King Charles III [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 26th 2023
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Mr C surprised me with an impromptu visit to Hodnet Hall Gardens, a place I planned to visit (alone) the previous week but having tested positive for Covid I chose to stop at home to keep my bugs to myself.
We had lunch before walking round the gardens and grounds on one of the last open [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Oct 30th 2022
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Windsor Revisited 2022
For breakfast I chose the continental option. It was every bit as good as I remembered it from last time. Comfortably replete, we walked through Windsor to the Cambridge Gates (The Windsor Great Park entrance to the castle).
The weather was perfect for the the walk; it was so warm we didn’t need to wear coats. [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 17th 2022
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Windsor Revisited 2022
Our return visit to Windsor took place a week later than we had originally planned. Our plan was to revisit Windsor Castle, in particular St George’s Hall and St George’s Chapel, which was not fully open on our previous visit. The castle had only reopened a few days before our planned visit date following the [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Oct 16th 2022
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I chose a local route to complete my memorial walk in honour of the late Queen Elizabeth II. The walk was perfect with both sunshine and showers.
I will now retrace my steps on my virtual route from London back to Windsor (just under 29 miles), concluding with a ‘real’ walk along the ‘Long Walk’ from [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 28th 2022
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On the virtual map I have now arrived in Windsor leaving me with 25 miles to reach Westminster before the end of the month.
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 21st 2022
