Blogs from Chirk, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

"What are those over there ?" We heard the couple who had just alighted from the buggy that had brought them from the lower car park to the castle asking the driver . He explained " Well locally there is Nightingale House " "It is a hospice and the snowdrops are part of the Sunshine Meadow created as a fundraiser " It was exactly a year ago to the day that we had found ourselves at Erddig Hall just a mile or so up the road from us standing in front of another Sunshine Meadow. Last year hundreds of bright blue Forget me Nots had been produced and "planted " for these were metal not the real thing in the meadow outside the house . A year on we were standing in front of this years ... read more

It is probably a mistake to tell a sheep that he is going to meet his best friend . I always find it is better to keep quiet and leave telling him to the last possible moment otherwise we get the - are we there yet? or How long will it be before I meet my best friend . It can go on for days and nights as he finds different ways to ask the same question . I made the mistake of letting him overhear a conversation about where to go to meet up with Jo and Woolly Mammoth . He had been listening and once he knew that we were meeting up all he wanted to know was what day we were going . What time we were meeting them and how long it ... read more

Another day, another National Trust property! This time we headed off for Chirk Castle. The castle is just over the border in Wales so we re-traced our route from Thursday, but only travelled as far as Chirk today. We probably could have visited Chirk Castle on our way home yesterday, but we knew the weather forecast was much better for today so that seemed a better proposition. Hmmn, as we left Stalybridge it was very overcast and by the time we reached the motorway it was raining! Still the forecasters promised there would be better weather by late morning or early afternoon so we optimistically continued on our way. They got it right! By the time we were pulling into the car park at Chirk Castle there was blue sky and the sun was shining. It ... read more

Woolly says – It had been a long week for the girls and it had reached the point where an outing seemed to be unlikely for the week….. unless I could use a bit of cunning! Having checked out a local destination and primed the sat nav I sat and waited patiently for the lazy ones to get up, keeping my paws crossed that they didn’t check the guidance system, I smiled joyfully at them as we got into the car and suggested a change of supermarket, Jo smiled tiredly and mummered an ok, time to see if my cunning plan had worked. Having no idea as to why he wanted to try yet another supermarket I decided to give in gracefully rather than face a whole lecture on the merits of pistachio’s and the differences ... read more