Friday night we arrived at our friend Sharon’s house in Warwick. Weary and overwrought, we enjoyed being welcomed with good food and doggy antics. I also unwound with a bottle of beer, apparently brewed by the bloke who played Rocky in Boon. (I liked this lager/ale hybrid and will seek out beers brewed by TV [...]
Posts Tagged ‘warwick’
White blossom, red carpet: Warwick to Harbury
Posted in Accounts of the walk, tagged centenary way, grand union, harbury, leamington spa, morrisey, prodigal son, warwick on March 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Something That You Don’t Know: Lapworth to Warwick
Posted in Accounts of the walk, tagged baddesley clinton, creature of doom, Edward Heneage Dering, M40, Norton Cane, only ones, rowington, warwick on February 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
“I’ll tell you something that you don’t know” wrote Dorothy Osborne in 1654, in a famous love letter: “that I am your Valentine and you are mine.” If I understand the story correctly, Dorothy cut out Valentine missives for three people and a random selection assigned her to her sweetheart and future husband: an early [...]
Snowdrops from a Curate’s Garden: reconnoitring Warwick
Posted in sidetrips, tagged christianity, jain, spiritual_path, warwick on February 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The next leg, planned for Valentine’s Day, should take me to Warwick. This weekend, coincidentally, we visited a friend there – providing me with a bit of a preview. It is not a town I know well and I look forward to exploring it more. On this trip, accompanied by an enthusiastic 6-month-old poodle called [...]