Brooklands Museum houses historic aircraft including a Vickers Wellington bomber recovered from Loch Ness in 1985, a British Airways Concorde, G-BBDG (c/n 202), the UK’s first production Concorde, and now also owns the 40% scale Concorde model “G-CONC” displayed for many years as a gate guardian at Heathrow Airport, until movement in 2007. After restoration and repainting, the [...]
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Brooklands Museum
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 25th 2022
Berkhamsted Castle was first built as a motte-and-bailey castle in the late 11th century. Kept in royal hands, it was occupied by key figures of the Middle Ages, such as Thomas Becket, Richard, Earl of Cornwall, and the Black Prince. Much of its stone was plundered during the 16th century.
The lodge situated at the site [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2022
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At the Going Down of the Sun…
… and in the morning we will remember them
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 12th 2022
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An Impromptu Adventure
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
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The Long Walk
After completing my Queen Elizabeth II memorial walking challenge; 96k (60 miles) by virtually walking from Sonning Common to London, I retraced my steps on the virtual route from London back to Windsor (just under 29 miles). I concluded my challenge with a ‘real’ walk along the 2.64 miles ‘Long Walk’ from the Windsor Castle [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 27th 2022
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Windsor Revisited – Day One
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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Jodrell Bank Revisited
One year later (minus a week) we revisited Jodrell Bank in order to see the new First Light Pavilion which is located within the arboretum. It was still under construction on our previous visit.
Inside the First Light Pavilion will be a spectacular exhibition, in which visitors can engage with the stories of the amazing scientists [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 3rd 2022
