The distinctive medallion designs. Ackworth School near Pontefract, West Yorkshire has recently celebrated the passage of its 240th academic year as a Quaker School and I am thrilled to tell you that the Cross Stitch Guild continues its support and interest in the...
Guess where? I wanted to tell you all about the 16 nights we spent in India in January. I sat down to write about it and was rather overwhelmed as I didn’t know where to start. I have decided to give you the basics this time and fill you in on more of our adventures...
During term time Bill and I take care of our grandchildren on a Wednesday and, as a general rule, have set routine. We leave our house at about 6.25am and drive to Worcester to allow our daughter-in-law to leave for work at about 7.20am. Sometimes our son is still...
Our very own steam train! Bill and I took our grandchildren out for the day recently and we surprised them with a visit to the Severn Valley Railway. We timed it right to have a steam engine take us both ways! We started out in Kidderminster and travelled up the line...
Earlier this year I had a surprise invitation to join fellow stitchers on a trip to Nantes to attend the Pour l’Amour du Fil stitching fair. (I had originally been planning to host a trip with Arena Travel, but the trip was cancelled by Arena because of lack of...
I can easily see myself settling down in that armchair! I have to admit to having been fairly ignorant about the Bloomsbury Group. The fact that I have bought four lamps from Bloomsbury Revisited was unconnected with the history of this Bohemian set of people until my...
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