My walk around the ice trail was split between two days. As walking goes it was unsatisfactory there were far to many people around.
The ice sculptures were fabulous and after a walk what could be better than cake in Bettys Cafe Tea rooms .
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York – Day Three
I was subliminally aware as I drifted in and out of sleep that there was a lot of activity going on in the hotel rooms and corridors. After a while I found my glasses and a torch (the room was dark) and looked at my watch to see what time it was. It was 8.15, [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 19th 2020
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Time expands, then contracts, and in tune with the stirrings of the heart .
Haruki Murakami
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 16th 2020
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York – Day Two
Feeling refreshed after a good night’s sleep, it was time for breakfast. The cooked-to-order breakfast was delicious although I missed my fresh fruit options for a pre-breakfast starter.
After breakfast Mr C attended Vapnartak 2020 (a wargames show). It was my plan to walk York City walls whilst he was enjoying his hobby and despite the [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 15th 2020
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York – Day One
We set off on our journey to York a little later than we had planned, stopping off at the Denby Pottery visitor centre with a view to having lunch. The food portions were very large and the choices did’t fit what we had in mind for a light snack so we opted to carry on [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 13th 2020
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The Wanderer Returns
On Monday I returned from a mini break in York, walking the glass trail, the walls and exploring the city beyond.
We returned home to find that we had an electrical problem, part of the electrics were off and the fridge and freezer had defrosted. We reset the trip switch but it tripped several times [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Feb 5th 2020
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York Mansion House
The York Mansion House is the earliest purpose built house for a Lord Mayor still in existence and predates the Mansion House in London by at least twenty years. The home was built as a place for the Lord Mayor to entertain visitors to the city and to house York’s wonderful civic collections.
Standing in the [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 28th 2018
