UK Holiday 2018
Today I managed to get away for a couple of hours and went by a country route into Gt Missenden, famed as the home of Roald Dahl and his museum and tea shop, as well as being the scene for many Midsomer Murder mysteries. Murder in the woods seemed well
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Max wearing a hat knitted by his aunty Caryl.
Family
While Louis was at preschool today, singing a song for mothering Sunday (UK) , Jacqui was delivering Maximillian (Max) successfully at Stoke Mandeville hospital.
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Tomorrow morning UK time, Jacqui goes into Stoke Mandeville maternity unit for her caesarian,
UK Holiday 2018
Before we left I searched online for 'lightweight travel coathangers'. What came up was at best impractical and worst laughable, so I set about making my own. I halved a cheap wooden hanger and atached a clip that would sit over the top of a door. I added
UK Holiday 2018
We went first to the Pitt Rivers museum to see the dinosaur skeletons and a huge anthropological collection , plus minerals. Then to the Ashmolean museum solely to use their restaurant and let Louis ride into a snowbank,
UK Holiday 2018
Leaving at Sydney airport, a pic at Bangkok and arrival at Prestwood. Our transit time at Bangkok was extended from about 3 hours to 10 hours. We were offered free accomodation in their airport internal hotel which took an hour and 3kms to find. Walking along huge stell, glass and
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We will be leaving our house in the care of Michael while we are away visiting Jacqui. We had a lunch with some neighbours, at 'Next Door' courtesy of someone who's small boat we had guarded and then sold, while they are overseas. They did give
Europe 2015
We drove with Valerie to show her, on a quick visit-- Little Missenden and on entering the rear of the Red Lion gardens we spotted what looked like Louis' hat! Sure enough it had an Australian store tag inside, so we claimed it from the bar! We must have
Europe 2015
Yesterday my Venture Scout Leader from Harrow, Lewis, made a brief visit and we enjoyed a walk and chat for an hour and today friends Mike and Vicky arrived for an hour. As we leave tonight, it is time to say thanks to so many people. In Australia, to our
Europe 2015
As a conclusion to the ride on Saturday, we went back via the Regents Canal and had a cake a tea at one of the canal-side cafes. Sunday morning, we found we had a couple of hours hire left on the Boris bikes, so we set off back along
Europe 2015
We travelled with Michael to his flat, by train, astonished at the bike numbers parked at rail stations. When Michael told us he had registered us for a cycle ride through central London, next day,we thought we were on a suicide mission, but Mayor Boris (who we met in