After breakfast we set off for Avebury, taking in Woodhenge along the way. Unfortunately Avebury was a little bit further than we thought. We didn’t have enough time there because we had a timed ticket for Stonehenge at 2pm. The Avebury experience wasn’t helped by roadworks that made access to the main interests difficult. [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Salisbury 2014
Salisbury – Day Two
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 12th 2014
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A Room with a View
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 11th 2014
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Salisbury – Day One
We set off in good time and when the time came we stopped at a tea shop for elevenses at a place we tried to stop at a few years ago on another visit to Wiltshire. On that occasion we aborted the attempt, some sort of event was going on which meant parking in a [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 10th 2014
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Back from my Travels
I have returned from a weekend away in Salisbury. It is a long time since my last visit, on which occasion I didn’t quite get to visit Salisbury Cathedral. On this occasion I was able venture inside and it was well worth the wait.
I am now busily sorting the photographs I took and will be [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Jun 9th 2014
Filed under Holidays, Mechelen 2014
One Last Walk Along the River Dijle…
…Before we move on from Mechelen
13 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2014
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Inside Church of Our Lady of Hanswijk
8 Comments CherryPie on May 30th 2014
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Church of Our Lady of Hanswijk
The inside of this church is spectacular and we felt blessed that we were able to visit. The church closed for restoration at the beginning of April, just two weeks after our visit. It will be closed for four years!
This baroque pilgrimage church designed by Lucas Faydherbe was one of the first domed churches in [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on May 29th 2014
