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Sunday 8th May-return visit to Stoneywell

Stoneywell is the new National Trust Property in Charnwood Forest. We went last year and decided to return in rhododendron season See previous year’s post.       After that, we went off to the Copt Oak Again

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Bluebell Walk Sunday 1st May

1st May and we mounted an expedition into the Outwoods in search of bluebells. This was successfully completed in good time to return to civilization before it rained

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Treak Cliff Cavern and Peveril castle– Sunday 2 April

We set off to see these two attractions near Castleton in Derbyshire. It was a  rather wet day, but it made no difference in the cave!

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Visit to Kenilworth castle,April 10th

On a sunny day in April, some of us set out for Kenilworth Castle. Great place, we had a good day out.

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National Brewery Museum

On 31 January we went over to see the National Brewery Museum at Burton on Trent. This was a good day- there is a lot of interesting information there on the Brewing Industry and related matters. There are historic vehicles, … Continue reading

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New Year’s Day- Walk from Cropston

1st January 2016 Seven of us met at the Badger’s Sett,Cropston, for a short walk, ater a midday meal– see pictures. Most of those present actually did a walk up to the ruins and back by way of Hallgates and … Continue reading

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Christmas Meal 20 December 2015

We had our Christmas meal at Bistrot Pierre on 2oth December. Here are a couple of photographs:-    

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Statistics from WordPress for our website– 2015

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,800 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading

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Visit to Southwell and the Workhouse Sat 28 Oct 2015

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Joules Yard Music Sunday 11th October

We went for one of our occasional visits to the Sunday lunchtime music at Joules Yard in Market Harborough -a unique venue which we really like. Jacksboro’ Highway was onso we chose that day. Food available-please see photos! Bob   … Continue reading

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