Holidays 2012
Emsworth, on the S. Coast, is a typical sailing/retirement mix of people, in an old village setting, with a lovely natural harbour. Today there was some sun ans we paid a brief visit to Portsmouth, to visit Gunwharf Key-a very fashionable shopping centre and the M& S
Holidays 2012
We are staying with Myra (the closest person to being a sister, from my childhood) and her husband Trevor, In Emsworth, near Chichester. Today, in 'English' weather, we visited the house and museum which records the life and work of Gilbert Smith in Selbourne. He was a very
Holidays 2012
Swanage and Lulworth are of great interest as a Jurassic site, from the age of Dinosaurs, a few of which still roam about...... Lulworth Cove chalk cliffs are a mine of fossils, which played a great part in the development of modern geology and lead to the area being declared
Holidays 2012
We approached 500 year-old Lulworth Castle through mist and the sound of intermittent pounding from British Army military tanks and artillery fire in neighbouring fields. I reflected on how many fireworks all that explosive would make, then wondered if the castle was actually under seige. There were enough internal
Holidays 2012
A washout! Good day to be inside, witha book, with radiators on--midsummer!?
Holidays 2012
Yesterday, our two nieces, Alex and Philippa, their husbands, 4 children, our nephew David, his fiancee and our sister-in-law, were all here. Quite a family affair! This area of Dorset is abundant in chalk and sands and we walked out onto a very chalky peninsula-Old Harry Rocks-
Holidays 2012
This entry starts with a pic of our car and beyond it--the Devon flag, then later a pic of the Dorset flag-there will be a test later! We travelled via Lyme Regis which Mary had stayed at on a holiday when she was nine. We passed the place
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Start Point is one of the most rugged parts of the UK coastline and a scene of many shipwrecks in past years. The walk from Beesands (should be called 'Beepebbles'!) to the lighthouse was about 4 miles and at the end we -very rashly--climbed a chain upa
Holidays 2012
First--felicitations to Capucine of Marseilles-the first one to guess it is a mushroom! Here is Mary eating it............and a visitor, Harry, using it as an umbrella........... We took the challenge of the tiny lanes again and visited Totnes today--renowned for two things--the revelation in the
Holidays 2012
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Holidays 2012
This entry has historical interest--if that's your 'thing'. Driving from Devon across the Taymar Bridge border to Cornwall--the place-names change quite dramatically to an older, Celtic, language--with some similarity to Breton. We visited 'Anthony House' --the home of the Carew-
Holidays 2012
The first day since May 31st we have been entirely on our own. We walked the 5 mile coast path to the village of Bantham then returned via the Village Inn pub at Thirlstone--stopping for a pint! This is our 4th visit to Hope Cove in about 8 years