This post is part of a series called Snap Shots Just back from our trip to Wales and the Cotswolds – will just concentrate on the Wales part for this post. Cotswolds later! Well the south of Wales is more beautiful that we had hoped. Rolling green hills, narrow little tracks across mountain tops, quiet…
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Not a lot of adventures to report. Continue to have little walks around the village – starting to know our way around. Lots of little walkways and back alleys – short cuts to different places and handy back entrances to peoples houses. Still walk over to Stowmarket – the big smoke – for a little…
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We’ve had family to stay. Leonie – Reg’s sister – and her partner Charles have had a little stopover with us. They’ve been in Europe for a month; first visiting friends in Switzerland, then France, family in Sussex, and then us in Suffolk. They are now checking out Paris before heading home via Dubai. During their…
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I have cheated! Below is a copy of some information about our recently visited Columbine Hall. We ended up having a personal tour by Kate the gardener, so were very spoilt! Kate has worked at Columbine Hall for 18 years after applying for a job as a young girl just leaving school. She just wanted to…
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We are feeling a part of village life here in Stowupland. We recently visited all the gardens that had been a part of the “Open Garden Day” a couple of weeks back. All the owners had an evening out checking out each others gardens – they were too busy on the actual open day. The volunteers (us) got to go along. We…
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