Europe 2013
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
Europe 2013
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
Europe 2013
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
Europe 2013
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
Europe 2013
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 we said goodbye to niece Phil (Alison's look-a-like-cousin) Nick and the boys.
Family
We visited 12thC Malmesbury Abbey--King Athelstan -924AD-is buried in the Abbey. A black swan on the stream at Bilbury where is the most photographed street in Britain --Arlington Row, apparently, then the excruciatingly charming villages of Upper and Lower Slaughter and finally Bourton-on the Water. We also
Europe 2013
The house which I had booked from Australia, was enormous and suited our needs very well in terms of space. Lack of communications plus some items like hair dryers etc was a bit annoying. We bought supplies from Royal Wotton Bassett village--with it's medieval market building. I&
Europe 2013
So well known by so many--but ever appealing, the site now has very realistic reconstructed images of the era. The town also has many street entertainers. The streets and buildings too, are so attractive, as are the shopfronts. One shopfront display proves convincingly that the dance is NOT the
Europe 2013
From our base, with our nieces and all their families in Foxham, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, we drove the next day to Avebury to see the standing stones. There are ten of us in the house--so I had booked a suitably large one, but I failed to ask if they
Europe 2013
Travelling from the wedding overnight venue to Foxham, we stopped in the historic town of Winchester, home of the first king of England and Alfred the Great-England's greatest leader--ever. Also, the Great Hall-displaying the original round table of King Arthur, majestic Winchester Cathedral (a service
Europe 2013
After a frustrating week with no laptop, no reliable internet access we have arrived at Forest Hill in London, home of my cousin (currently in Brisbane with his Australian wife). where there is access at last. My cousin will know we are here because I forgot about the alarm code
Birthdays & Anniversaries
The Eurostar was amazing--the speed and ease of use. Mary tucked in to her Waitrose salad sold by a French lady in the dining car. We hit bank holiday traffic on collecting our AVIS car at Ashford, spent a night at Emsworth (picture shows our red Vauxhal hire car)