When I came to add this post to my blog I was surprised to find that I hadn't written one since last year - time does fly, even during a pandemic. But now, everywhere is on the way to greater freedoms despite the Indian variant and because of the excellent vaccination programme. Our son and his girlfriend (early twenties) have an appointment for a covid jab in a week; the NHS staff (and volunteers) are doing really well round here. On Tuesday we got back from a long weekend in leafy Worcestershire in a lovely National Trust holiday cottage - nobody around for miles and very peaceful. We met up with our daughter and partner and their dachsund in a location which is almost half way between us both (they live in Greater Manchester). During our stay we had a day out at the Severn Valley Railway which was well organised and socially distanced as far as seating is concerned - it felt like a little bit of normality, apart from all the masks, of course.
As well as the train ride we also got off at Arley Station and walked alongside the river for three miles to the next station at Highley, then completed our journey to Bridgnorth where we had refreshments at the station buffet. The next day we paid a visit to Brockhampton Manor, a National Trust manor, complete with moat. On the way home we stopped off at Ledbury, a lovely and unspoilt old town, where we wandered for a while.
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| Brockhampton Manor |
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| Ledbury Church |
Since we have been back I found that I had some orders to wrap and book in with the courier, which I did, then started tidying the Retro Shed and Stone Shed (where the JVT stock is kept), to get some order into the chaos. There is still much to be listed, so I won't be buying anything new anytime soon.
There is a special offer on at the moment in JVT which is buy two get one free - so have a look!
Stay safe , wear your masks and get your covid jabs!
Julie
