Holidays 2012
Driving through London traffic to Sydenham, brought back memories of the old driving days--plus a near head-ache. After a journey on the London overground and a meal at a busy Turkish restaurant we went to Michael's flashy pad in Dalston and the first pics show the
Holidays 2012
The difference between the two pics of the garden, in prior blog, is 17 hours of continous good daylight. One taken at 4.00am the second at 9.00pm--long days are SO nice. The BBC reported on London pigeons using the tube trains to get around-------they board a
Holidays 2012
Leaving Ashtead for Rowledge took us past Box Hill (mentioned in Jane Austen's books) --where we did a walk down to the flooded River Mole through a yew forest--quite rare and visited the National Trust centre for a cup of tea. The Olympic cycle ride will go
Holidays 2012
Kent has been called 'The garden of England', partly due to French Hugenot settlers who came here as gardeners in the 16/17 century. Later, in 1750's about 3000 French sailors--taken prisoner, were housed in dreadful conditions, in Sissington House, which the prisoners renamed '
Holidays 2012
We are at Ashtead with Ann--one of Mary's flatmates and her husband John--retired architect now hospital chaplain and Ph.D student. Ann is the author of books on childhood development....see pics They have recently redeveloped their house -including a spectacularly shaped lounge room, which is
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