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After experiencing two days of toast arriving after my cooked breakfast was served I had a cunning plan. I ordered a piece of toast to come with my cooked selections. On this occasion the table toast arrived before my breakfast so I need not have ordered a piece to come with my breakfast!
When we had [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 12th 2018

The bed and quilt were soft and cosy which led to a very good night’s sleep. The breakfast was delicious, although the choices arrived in a strange order. My cooked breakfast items arrived at the same time as Mr C’s porridge. The toast arrived after my breakfast meaning there was no toast for my bacon [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 8th 2018

First thing after breakfast we set off to visit Brinkburn Priory, which is a place neither of us have visited before. The Priory is in a lovely, tranquil, shady setting but I thought that the nearby dilapidated manor house detracted from the setting as did a group of photographers with tripods getting in the way [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 26th 2016

For some reason my computer has decided to play up this evening. One of the programes has decided to hog all the CPU resources meaning that nothing else will work. So I am resigned to working on my laptop with limited resources and it is sooo slow… Hopefully normal service will be resumed ASAP.
I am [...]

11 Comments CherryPie on Nov 10th 2015

Breakfast in the Vermont was as excellent as usual, although the arrangements had changed since our previous visits. There is still the buffet arrangement for cold breakfast items but all cooked food is prepared fresh to order. We were pleased to find there was the perfect table with five chairs so we were all able [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 31st 2015

Rothbury as viewed from Cragside formal garden.

Rothbury is a small market town which straddles the River Coquet. The town has a pleasing mix of old stone and newer brick-built properties. Although technically a town with a proposal a year or so back to install a town mayor (defeated) everyone still tends to call it [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 11th 2014

The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.
Kahlil Gibran

8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 29th 2013

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