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Breakfast was a mixture of buffet style and cooked-to-order with a toast-your-own-toast option. The latter was a little quirky as is often the case. Everything was good quality with the bacon standing out for a special mention; it was perfect in texture and taste.
Fuelled up with breakfast we walked to the nearby Wetlands Centre. It [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 17th 2023

Before setting off we called in at mum’s to collect our anniversary card. She had been hoping to post it to the hotel until she realised we were stopping in two hotels.
Our journey ran smoothly although there were a few slow areas due to heavy traffic. We had lunch at the Granary Cafe at Watlington [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 16th 2023

Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye.
Miyamoto Musashi

2 Comments CherryPie on Jun 4th 2023

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Ted on Tour

Ted has perfected the art of stowing away so that he can experience a grand adventure

6 Comments CherryPie on May 28th 2023

The Butterfly Meadow was a collaborative art installation in the grounds of Sandringham. The installation was inspired by the 2014 ceramic poppy display at the Tower of London.
The Sandringham meadow displayed 2,500 butterflies to coincide with the late Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
The blue butterflies represented the silver-studded blue butterfly which is commonly seen in [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2023

4 Comments CherryPie on May 24th 2023

Situated outside the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sandringham is  an interesting ancient Greek marble font.

This was brought from the Island of Rhodes in 1886 by the Duke of Edinburgh for his brother, the Prince of Wales, and is very probably of the ninth century. There is a Greek inscription around the upper rim which, [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on May 24th 2023

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