London 2014
Today we dropped in on my cousin Keith's Folk Music rehearsal, held in a renovated deconsecrated church. They were also practising circle dancing, which we joined in with. That was a surprise! Following that we took trains to Taplow near Slough to see our niece Alex and family,
London 2014
There is a new film being advertised, on rail stations, with a slogan. Mary is from Essex ! Today we took a train or two to Emsworth, on the S, Coast near Chichester, to see Myra and Trevor, Myra's mother and mine were close friends from their schooldays. The
Chris and Jenny
First, a pic of King Louis on his Australian Sheepskin! Today I used trains to get across London to Gerrards Cross and friends Chris and Jennifer, where we walked across Stoke Common before lunch. The rush hour trains were packed at the start but by the time I reached the
Cliff
Today Cliff and Myself walked 13Kms, on the Chiltern Way, starting at Mill End, through Great Wood then on to Skirmett and he 'Frog' Inn (with Queensland barmaid!) then on to Hambleden and the car park. Weather warm with a little cloud--lots of Red Kites and Buzzards
London 2014
A local wealthy tea-trader--Richard Horniman, decided his specimens collected worldwide, should be used to educate the public, for free, in perpetuity. Wise man. The collections have been kept and added to and the museum is now a major educational resource for schools in the area. Another hot dry
London 2014
We met our niece, Philippa and family, Nick, plus two boys at this NT property just inside the border of Kent, near Tunbridge Wells. Philippa provided a nice picnic for us all. The grounds were beautiful. There is a 19th C house but the main feature is a 13th C
London 2014
These two daylight pictures are quite unremarkable, except to say that the first was taken at 9.30pm and the second from my attic window, at 4.00am next morning, on the longest day --June 22nd. Only 5-6 hours of nightime. Such a pleasure after Sydney's long
London 2014
Today we took a train to Ashtead, where friends, Ann and John, from our Nottingham days live, adjacent to the splendid Ashtead Common. We had lunch in their splendid garden, a walk on the Common then dinner. A butterfly took a fancy to the cream on Ann's toes
Family
At last it's my turn! Pics of Jacqui and Tom's back courtyard.
Cliff
Time has been taken up with finding SIM cards--chasing round shops where I thought I'd left my 'phone behind (it was in my bag all the time!) --walking between my cousin's house and Sydenham, shopping etc etc. Anyway, yesterday I went by train to
London 2014
A final filling of water bottles at Sydney and Cathay Pacific gave us a smooth ride to Hong Kong, accompanied by a very excited friend, Lucy, travelling back to Kent to see schoolfriends for the fist time in 6 years. At Hong Kong Lucy and Mary found a body massage
London 2014
A friendly message for the friends who purposefully check this blog each week, as opposed to the approx 1500 who just find it accidentally.......... We travel to London leaving Sunday Australian time and the next blog entry will be from there, probably Monday night UK time or Tuesday morning Australian