Archive for the tag 'Vacation'

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

…taking over the Käthe Wohlfahrt Christmas shop York, in early February

8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 30th 2023

Our journey to York ran smoothly despite experiencing some erratic drivers along the various motorways. When it was time for lunch we stopped at Woodall services with its never endimg walkway to reach Waitrose on the opposite side of the road. In Waitrose we picked up sandwiches for our in-car picnic.
Comfortably replete we continued our [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 12th 2023

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