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...To this day, no-one knows, but he brought her unimagined treasure from his raids on the Spanish fleet, bringing silver and gold from S. America. The first man to circumnavigate the globe, he also chased off the Spanish fleet in the famed Armada and in-between battles, improved the
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While I was at the Cutty Sark (which, by the way, is the Scottish name for an Australian 'skivvy') Mary was at Winston Churchill's home of Chartwell. One pic shows friend Anne--who authored the book mentioned in a previous post. The next day we drove
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Meeting up with lifetime friend Clifford at Waterloo Station, we took a scarily fast water cat to Greenwich where there recently renovated Cutty Sark is housed (25 million GBP!) We passed the scenes pictured from the 'wedding' boat, but in poorer weather today. In addition we visited the
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We moved on Sunday from Rowledge to Ashtead, Surrey, to friends from Nottingham days, Ann and John. Ann has just authored her second book on early childhood learning in the context of children and gardens. It really does make you want to encourage young childen to get into a garden
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We spent one night with friends Ginny and Robert at Rowledge, from where we visited the Royal Horticultural Gardens at Wisley. The colours were stunning and the fixed displays in the marquees took your breath away. Having had some success with the Cleomes (seeds from the garden of the house
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The same day as the Selsey trip, we were booked on a barge on Chichester canal (through 'Turner' country) for a wine and Canapes cruise organised by the Chichester Festival Theatre. the memorials to the loved wildlife. Trevor is an excellent cook and we enjoyed some superb meals
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Some of the happiest years of my parents' life together were the retirement years at Selsey Bill, a short drive from Chichester. A shingle beach, strange logs shaped like crocodiles, a foot dipped in the sea, the pier with active lifeboat house, (warning sign for children visitors), recent discovery
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Too late to book a car ferry, we used the hovercraft to get to Ryde,and an ancient London tube train to Shanklin! THe IOW has a different feel to it and it's own character. The first pic is of us marching to the hovercraft point at Southsea
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From London we went to stay with lifetime family friend Myra and husband Trevor at Emsworth for 5 nights. From there we visited Chichester Cathedral with it's Chagall stained glass window, Bosham Church-with a Saxon baptismal font and where king Harold visited and king Canute's
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The Monday after the wedding, Mary and I went around the Buckingham Palace area, in great weather. I also include here some London pics taken from the 'wedding boat' as they are more appropriate here. Most will need no commentary. Look for the variety ofmodern architectural styles along
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Ever keen to be different, having walked two daughters down a church aisle, Jacqui had me walk her 15 minutes down Islington High Street from the hotel to the town hall! It looks as if Jacqui is inspecting my shoes! Islington town hall, it must be said, is a splendid
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On our journey from Foxham to London for Jacqui's wedding, we dropped in on ancient Laycock Abbey, which was used for some scenes for the Harry Potter films. It was here said goodbye to niece Phil (Alison's look-a-like-cousin) Nick and the boys. o