After my Thursday afternoon volunteering as a School Reader at a local shcool I took the long route home via Leegomery pool.
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Post Shift Blooms
I am really enjoying my volunteering opportunity in Visitor Reception at Attingham Park. I work alongside some lovely people both permanent staff and volunteers.
I am so grateful for this opportunity to fulfil one of the aspirations I held when I took early retirement.
My post volunteering walks are a bonus but… I am already thinking towards [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 23rd 2024
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Attingham Park…
… followed by sunset at Horton
Today was the first time for three weeks that I was able to manage a post volunteering walk in Attingham Park. I wasn’t able to due to the restrictive visiting hours in hospital. Mum has moved from hospital but is not yet home.
I was also pleasantly suprised to find that [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 16th 2024
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Easter Ready
Spring is springing and Attingham Park is Easter ready.
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 19th 2024
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Another Shift…
…. followed by a different walk
This walk was there and back again. I wasn’t able to navigate my way around a small muddy area and I wasn’t in the mood for walking through mud
I ‘was’ in the mood for the glorious sunshine after so many rainy days. Lucky me for choosing an sunny [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 5th 2024
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Volunteering Followed by a Walk
Today was my second stint of volunteering in the Visitor Reception Area at Attingham. So far I am really enjoying the opportunity.
After scanning visitors cards on entry to Attingham it was my turn for a brisk walk around the parkland.
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 28th 2024
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All Signed Up
One of my aspirations after I took early retirement was to become a volunteer in the Visitor Reception Area at Attingham Park. I regularly checked volunteer opportunities at Attingham but the result was always ‘no volunteering opportunities currently available’.
Then we had Covid-19 interrupting normality leading me to stop checking for volunteering opportunities.
In early January this [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Feb 9th 2024