Castle Combe is a quintessentially English village often named as the ‘prettiest village in England.’ The village sits in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in north west Wiltshire.
Castle Combe has featured regularly as a film location, most recently in The Wolf Man, Stardust and Stephen Spielberg’s War Horse. It was also used in [...]
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Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Stanton Manor 2020
Castle Combe
20 Comments CherryPie on Dec 3rd 2020
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Stanton Manor – Day Three
We packed our bags and raided the breakfast boxes for items to save for another day then checked out. We had another in-car picnic breakfast before heading off to Berkeley Castle for which we had pre-booked tickets. We arrived before the castle gates opened so on arrival we walked around the Yurt café walled garden [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 29th 2020
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Stanton Manor – Day Two
Drifting in and out of my dream, I heard an alarm going off. As I came to I reached out for my glasses. Where were they? I couldn’t place my hand on them in the usual place. I had the same difficulty with the light switch so I sat up in order to put my [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 28th 2020
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Stanton Manor – Day One
We set off in good time despite having had an impromptu family visit the day before. The get together with my brother and nephews was wonderful but it made packing our bags a little bit rushed.
We picked mum up before heading to Bourton-on-the-Water for lunch. The town seemed busier than I have ever seen it [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 24th 2020
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.
Saint Bernard
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 1st 2018
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
Malmesbury – Day Three
As Mr C and I were leaving the hotel after breakfast we passed the gentleman I had been chatting to the evening before . We exchanged pleasantries and wished each other well for for the remainder of our respective travels. After the conversation Mr C and I made our way to Bowood House, taking the [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on May 23rd 2016
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Malmesbury – Day One
We set off on our journey later than we intended, partly due to the inclement weather. Along the way we spotted an ideal cafe for lunch, but the mornings downpour had turned the parking area into a field of mud! This meant we had to abandon the idea of lunch there, it also involved some [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on May 19th 2016
