After a busy morning taking my mum for a booster jab and to pick up some plants for her garden pots there was one last thing left to do, call in at the butchers for our weekly supply. It was lunch time so we decided to have lunch in Kinch’s Bistro in the butcher’s before [...]
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You Never Look Silly in a Tilley
4 Comments CherryPie on May 15th 2022
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In Search of Giants
I had hoped to join Walking With Giants Wellington Town Tour that was part of last weekend’s Wellington festival but a family birthday gathering prevented me from doing so.
Today I went search of the booklet of the walking trail, firstly in Morrison’s then later I walked to Wellington, via the station to see if I [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on May 12th 2022
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Telford Town Park
Before I embarked on my walk I picked up the new ‘Telford Town Park’ guidebook and ventured into the Town Centre to pay in a cheque. I walked through Southwater, the children’s adventure area and along the top level next to Withy Pool before setting off on a walk behind the rugby club. It was [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on May 10th 2022
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Patience Is a Virtue
This afternoon I went on one of my longer walking routes to visit Dothill Nature Reserve in search of the recently born cygnets. When I first arrived at the nature reserve the swans and newly born cygnets were on the opposite side of the lake. I waited patiently, and as I had hoped the swan [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 6th 2022
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And Then There Were Three
Sadly, I think that Mr Mallard (dad) is responsible for the missing ducklings. I witnessed him swimming up suddenly out of the blue snapping with beak open wide at the remaining ducklings as they were sleeping. The ducklings immediately got in the water swimming out of harms way.
8 Comments CherryPie on May 4th 2022
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Bigger on the Inside
We had a trip to Bromyard to visit the ‘Time Machine Museum of Science Fiction’. We arrived in Bromyard in time for lunch only to find that due to the bank holiday most places were shut. We also noticed that some places had closed permanently due to the lockdowns affecting business. We retraced our steps [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on May 2nd 2022
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National Walking Month
I aim to walk 100 miles in May for National walking month. I am doing this in conjunction with a walking challenge for the Queen’s upcoming Jubilee Celebrations.
2 Comments CherryPie on May 1st 2022
