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Exploring Powis Castle
We had an afternoon off from restoration work this weekend, to go and have an explore around neighbouring Powis Castle. It was a lovely family day out. More pics over at Slate Grey, Lime and Hay
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Easter window
Angels with Mary Magdalene at the Empty Tomb. A O Hemming, 1892. An Easter themed Image of the Week. This is a close up of a stained glass window in the North aisle. Wishing you all a good long Easter weekend. Ours consists of spending time with family, a couple of bracing walks, an egg hunt in the garden, followed…
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An evening of sandwiches, scones and dancing!
We held a tea party here after school yesterday for all the Canadian exchange students and their hosts. It was their final day in Welshpool, before setting out very early this morning to fly back to Canada. Owen gave them a tour of the church and the tower (which they loved, I’ve just been told!), before they sat down to…
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Part 2 of our weekend trips
Have finally blogged Part 2 of our weekend trips with James, our Canadian exchange student. We went to the stunning Harlech Castle, followed by a very windy beach walk. Follow the link here
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A weekend off!
We had a weekend off from housebuilding and church restoration so we could show our Canadian visitor some of the highlights of the area. Natalie has blogged about Saturday’s outings to Ironbridge and RAF Cosford over at Slate Grey, Lime and Hay
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Image of the Week #24
Outside in the garden, tidying up in yesterday’s lovely spring sunshine. Image of the Week #24
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Classic Bike magazine
Karl’s ‘other little project’, modifying a BSA Bantam to take to Bonneville Speed Week to break the land speed record for a vintage bike, has been featured in the March issue of Classic Bike magazine! It’s an exciting time for the project as the bikes are really taking shape but a also a busy one as they are now on…
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‘Restoration couple sing from the same hymn sheet’
‘…a family who are doing a conversion of Biblical proportions’ The headlines of a feature about our efforts here at Christ Church in this week’s County Times, our local paper. We’re really pleased that Bronwen Jones, the County Times features reporter, happened to walk past recently and wondered what was going on here! I was quite nervous about having all…
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Some snow fun.
Building work was suspended this afternoon to enjoy some family fun in the snow. We hope that you’re enjoying some snow!
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Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!
We are just about all set for Christmas, with our ‘Christmas Area’ cleared and arranged. The tree is not quite as majestic as we’ve had in the past, but it is still rather nice in it’s own humble way. It is nice having a ‘real’ tree as they are always so different from year to year. At least with a…
