During the season Hodnet Hall is open every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday but only three times on Wednesdays. Today was the first of those days and as Hodnet Hall is one of my favourite gardens I couldn’t miss the opportunity.
There were a few challenges along the way; newly laid chippings on the road with [...]
Unusually for us we set off more or less on time, taking a leisurely drive and, despite the motorway being tedious with its 50 mile per hour speed limit, arrived near Halifax just in time for lunch. We enjoyed lunch in a cafe by Sowerby Bridge railway station. Many of the savoury options were listed [...]
In May last year I committed to a walking challenge of 10000 steps per day for 50 days:
I know there are some days, that I will not be able to achieve that step count in a day. When I am travelling long distances in a car to meet up with family or go to a [...]
This church was built in 1908 so serve the residents of the new village of South Wonston. It is 30 feet long by 15 feet wide (9 m by 4.5 m), with a porch and vestry. A short extension to the roof at the east end forms a cowl for a bell with a pulley [...]
…Leads to a sunny excursion to Attingham Park