Normally the Christmas period for me involves staying close to home and generally having some time to rest and relax at the end of another year of life, this year however was different. My sister …
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Christmas Lights in Howarth Village
Whilst doing the weekly tidying up at home, I came across a leaflet I had picked up earlier in the year detailing the events happening over in Howarth Village over the Christmas period and it …
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RHS Glow 2024
The Christmas traditions continue on with another annual jaunt to RHS Brigewater to see the Christmas Light-trail known as RHS Glow. Unlike previous visits (this was my third year seeing this), the weather was a …
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Christmas at Chatsworth House 2024
Another year passes by and we are once again into the Christmas season and the first of my annual traditions, which is over to Derbyshire to see Chatsworth House dressed up for the Christmas season. …
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The Kelpies by Day, Falkirk, Scotland
Following on from my previous post where I visited the Kelpies at night, I returned the next day to see them in a totally different setting (and to visit the gift centre, much to the …
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The Kelpies at Night, Falkirk, Scotland
Earlier this year, I was invited along for a few days away in Scotland, as I had seen three areas of the UK already this year (England – obviously, Wales and Ireland) I decided it …
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Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley
The quest for 30 National Trust properties visited continues with another local to me property – Gawthorpe Hall, which is in fact a place I have been to a couple of times previously, however I …
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Lowther Castle & the Ten Thousand Daffodils
Lowther Castle has been on my to visit list for quite some time, being a member RHS, I noticed in one of their newsletters that there was an upcoming exhibition of ten thousand ceramic daffodils …
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RHS Bridgewater Glow 2023
Each year, I seem to have been slowly collecting “Christmas traditions” as I try to make more of my life, normally I try to stick to these traditions only starting after the 1st December when …
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A Dam Fine Day
Some days work out even better than expected and this day was certainly one of them. A good plan had been put in place to see a variety of places in the local area, starting …
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