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When I was asked today, to look after Louis for an hour, this was his reaction on seeing me. Good, or what??? He is now 10 weeks. Later I took a pic of Crystal Palace tower, coming back west from a drive to Wandsworth and then a casual pic of
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Monday night we saw a magnificent rainbow over the end of a bowls match at Farnham, where friends Ginny and Robert live. To celebrate this event we went to the 'Hare and Hounds' pub! Tuesday we visited Hinton Ampner House and gardens (including vegetables), the home of the
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Driving from Swanage via the Studland car ferry, we stayed with nephew David and wife Clare, married last year, in their house in Fareham. We walked from there to Gun Warf, Portsmouth and the next day to the sea by the Hamble river, where remnants of hurricane Bertha brought strong
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Dorset is well-known for it's rich fossil strata and at Kimmeridge Bay, on the beach, we found many fossil imprints of the Jurassic era. The Kimmeridge estate has remained with descendants of the Wyot family since 1300 and the current owner/descendant is a Philip Mansel. After
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We met Phil , Nick and children at Studland Beach after lunch, found a giant jellyfish and saw some pyramid sandcastles.
Croatia
Sunday we flew over the Italian Alps to Stansted and Monday we drove to Swanage to be joined by niece Alex, Drew and children Jamie and Daniel. We swam at the main beach--bit different to the Adriatic!!!
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In the morning we sailed from Sipan to the island of Lopud , Lopud itself is a 'boutique'sort of island with a large expensive hotel. There was also an ancient monastery/church,dating from 1400's. We then sailed to Kopacek, stopping in a beautiful bay, on
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Friday morning early we left Korkulan and sailed to this small port on the Peljasac peninsula of Croatia, where we discovered one of those idyllic little coves. We only docked here for about 3 hours before moving to a cove where we all swam, the boat being moored by an
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This island and town is one of the star attractions on the trip. Mary was a star attraction as well--being her 29th birthday--so the day started with surprise breakfast muffins and candles thoughtfully provided by Clara and Marie. Paul, from Sutton Coldfield is the 'front man'
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Before we reached Hvar island from Mljet, the boat stopped and we jumped from the boat into the sea and swam to an island. Michael did a very deep dive to the seabed (worrying!). Others who discovered that I had a waterproof camera, asked for pics as well. Shelley-from
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The boat motored from Dubrovnic and we came to Mljet. While Paul and Helen decided to spend all day in the sea by the boat,Mary, Michael and I cycled around a lake and swam there. Very beautiful. Finally a sunset and pics of 3 of the 5 crew on
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First pics of Michael at the local Lido for a swim,our last dinner in Michael's flat (cooked by himself) and our departure from Stansted. Dubrovnic is the first ancient city that I have seen with no 'centre' or history of kings or emporers etc, which