The service at breakfast was not as efficient-much slower-than it had been the previous day. Several people were seeking out the waitress for their order to be taken only to be told to return to their table, someone would be along soon.
The waitress eventually came to take our order (after taking an order from others [...]
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Cornwall & Exeter – Day Three
No Comments CherryPie on Jul 13th 2026
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Cornwall & Exeter – Day Two
Breakfast and the associated service were excellent. There was a buffet selection and a menu offering cooked-to-order choices. I selected a child’s vegetarian breakfast.
Mr C wanted to tick off some of his bucket list items, so we headed to Land’s End via St Michaels Mount. We paused briefly at St Michaels Mount for Mr C [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 13th 2026
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Cornwall & Exeter – Day One
The first destination of our holiday was Padstow. When we set off (on time), the temperature was 94F s0 we were glad of the car’s air conditioning. We stopped for lunch in Gloucester services where we sat inside after we decided it was too hot to sit outside. Later, we stopped at Exeter services for [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 12th 2026
Flowers are the beautiful hieroglyphics of nature with which she indicates how much she loves us.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 6th 2026
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St Fagans Museum of National History
Nantwallter Cottage
In 1785 Morgan David Morgan agreed to rent this cottage from the Plas Taliaris estate for about £9 a year.
The family were self-sufficient, keeping a pig and growing vegetables, so they could have food available all year – even if money was scarce.
The walls of their cottage were mad of ‘clom’ – a mixture [...]
No Comments CherryPie on May 19th 2026
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
If we cannot sing of faith and triumph, we will sing our despair. We will be that kind of bird. There are day owls, and there are night owls, and each is beautiful and even musical while about its business.
Henry David Thoreau
No Comments CherryPie on May 17th 2026
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you.
And through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you.
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 27th 2026
