Valley Gardens, a grade II listed garden and the adjacent Pinewoods in the highly attractive North Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate. Valley Gardens comprise about 17 acres of park, woodland, and beautiful floral displays.
It is believed that a greater number of mineral springs come to the surface in Valley Gardens than in any other known location [...]
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Valley Gardens, Harrogate
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2021
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Harrogate – Day Four
We missed out on a window view for our final breakfast in the hotel. Unexpectedly, breakfast was fully self service rather than waiter service as on previous days. Once again, we lingered a while before loading the car with our luggage and checking out.
On our journey home we stopped off at Bradford to visit the [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Nov 15th 2021
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Harrogate – Day Three
We had the perfect window seat for breakfast so once again we sat and lingered enjoying the atmosphere and view.
The forecasted weather wasn’t favourable but we decided to stick with our plan to visit Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal. The weather was cloudy with the occasional burst of sunshine leading to an ever changing palate [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 13th 2021
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Harrogate – Day Two
I awoke after a cosy and comfortable nights sleep and had to remind Mr C that it was my birthday, he had taken control of my cards and presents and they were tardy in being given.
We descended to the dining room for breakfast. It seemed rather quiet and we found out that breakfast was in [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 12th 2021
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The Stowaway Advises…
… He is back from his recent adventures in Harrogate
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 9th 2021
The first St. Mary’s Church was built by St. Wilfred over twelve hundred years ago. In the 13th Century a new church took its place. This new St. Mary’s fell into disuse when the Abbey became the accepted church of Hexham.
The people of Hexham had long been used to walking through the church on their [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 1st 2021
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Nature talks in symbols, he who lacks imagination cannot understand her.
Abraham Miller
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 31st 2021
