Family
In good weather we (Mary Myself, Tony and Hilary) set out in a Volvo, from Underbarrow to do the walk around Tarn Hows, passing some magnificent trees in the grounds of Monk Coniston Hall, a breed of cows called 'belted Galloways' for self-evident reasons, as wellas '
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The journey up the M5 was broken at Eccleshall, a surprisingly 'chic' midlands village, at a 17th C Coaching Inn. The weather had been terrible,as you can see, so the next morning we had the full English breakfast, including fried bread then set off. On arrival we
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First a pic from our doorway towards other cottages, which I thought somewhat artistic. I include a photo of the lady who owned it in 1895 standing outside the same door! Incredible. Salcombe is the very essence of the genteel English riverside town that wants to say 'British and
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Yesterday was gloriously sunny and we walked to South Milton Sands to meet Sally and Robin at the 'Beach House' Milton Sands, for lunch. The beach was set up for a 'big activity day' run partly by the National Trust. There was kayaking and paddleboarding and
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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
Cliff
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