Archive for the tag 'Shropshire'

My ultimate destination was Apley Woods and when I arrived, I was disappointed. I know at this time of year the trees are mostly bare with maybe a few buds emerging. This type of scenery has a beauty all of its own. On this visit I found that many trees and bushes had been cut [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 27th 2024

… just in time for lunch in Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery

6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 26th 2024

We arrived at the hospital to visit the patient who we last saw in the Escalation area, pending hospital admission. The Escalation area is basically a corridor between A&E and the hospital wards.
The patient was no longer registered on the A&E system and was now in AMU (Acute Medical Unit).
We had arrived too early for [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 12th 2024

True change is within; leave the outside as it is.
Dalai Lama XIV

10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 11th 2024

Today, there was a need for me to visit (just visiting) my local hospital, several times. In between visits we had lunch in the Furnace Kitchen at Coalbrookdale where I chose a croissant filled with butternut squash, caramelized onion and Feta cheese. It was delicious.
Currently many routes to Coalbrookdale are subjected to roadworks and closure. [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 10th 2024

One of my aspirations after I took early retirement was to become a volunteer in the Visitor Reception Area at Attingham Park. I regularly checked volunteer opportunities at Attingham but the result was always ‘no volunteering opportunities currently available’.
Then we had Covid-19 interrupting normality leading me to stop checking for volunteering opportunities.
In early January this [...]

20 Comments CherryPie on Feb 9th 2024

Just before Christmas I noticed that the missing fallen lintels at my local ‘Woodhenge’ had been replaced. After seeing them my intention was to walk to them to provide a photo update.
Christmas was busy and in January lethargy set in, it was lovely and cozy at home and so easy to curl up with a [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 30th 2024

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