Pitchford Hall, a Grade I listed, Elizabethan Half Timbered House was recently, in 2016 re-acquired by a descendant of the family who owned the property until 1992. Pitchford Hall had been in the same family for 500 years when the then owner Caroline Colthurst and her husband were hit with financial responsibilities after investing in [...]
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Ted’s Summer Adventure
It has taken me a little time to get around to posting photographs of Ted’s Summer adventure to Ironbridge, lunching in EightySix’d and being taken on a mystery tour around Shropshire.
Ending his day relaxing on the patio as the sun went down.
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 21st 2018
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
How we experience the world is intensely shaped by who and what surround us on a daily basis. Today that can include more virtual, social media friends than physical ones.
Quoted from the National Geographic Article ‘Are We as Awful as We Act Online?‘
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 29th 2018
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Fine Dining on the Patio
Today saw the temperature in my part of the world soar to a hot and humid mid 80s (F). I was supposed to be doing last minute preparations for when the decorator arrives to refresh two of our rooms. The two rooms he chose to do first (from our list) are the the two most [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 23rd 2018
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
What a lovely surprise to discover how unlonely being alone can be.
Helen Burstyn
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 22nd 2018
As mentioned in my previous post I have been reading a local guide book which inspired me to visit Shropshire Lavender. The author of the book, (Slow Travel – Shropshire) mentions many Shropshire Churches and points out that she doesn’t need to write about the churches in detail because John Leonard has already done this [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 18th 2018
And so, while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.
Fray Luis de Leon
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 16th 2018
