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Tours and Off
Waking in Tours, Annabel and I headed out to explore the city, we only had a few hours, so decided to head to the Cathedral via the railway station, (which sadly was just outside the hotel 🙂 ). We wondered the streets enjoying the architecture and studied the amazing stone and wood work of the…
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2CV Tours
Work called for a quick trip for me to Cornwall. I returned on the Thursday evening, and Annabel and I went to the local pub, (as there had been a massive power cut on the farm). Friday we had a day catching up in preparation for our 2CV trip to Tours in France. This is…
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Querky Snowshill
Saturday 11th May and we decide to venture to another National Trust House Snowshill Hill Estate. Querky is the only way to describe the interior, while the exterior is a lovely manor set on the side of the Cotswold hills. Eccentric Charles Wade had restored the estate after he purchased it in 1919, rather than…
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Pasty and Return
Our time in Cornwall and Talland Bay is over – so we once more pack the car and head back to Hannington. We’ve had a lovely week, and it’s been a great time to see everyone. Two pasties are purchased before we cross the border back into Devon, – we munch them overlooking the Tamar…
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Talland and Friends
Fair to say the week has been an excellent chance to relax in Cornwall and catch up with friends. From Saturday 4th May, until the Wednesday evening before we left, we have had friends and relatives join us for each evening – sharing sun, food and wine. The weather has been perfect, and taking our…
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Falling Into Place
May 4th and the sun has finally come out, and is making up for the grey days that have dominated 2024 to date! This Saturday finds us driving down to Cornwall for our planned week of work and seeing friends. With the clear blue sky, we drive across Dartmoor to pick up some cakes for…
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Exmouth and Topsham
Today was about sorting out our storage, and picking up a few tools for next week in Cornwall. So Annabel and I planned for the day being taken up with the arduous task of rearranging boxes, grabbing clothes and holding our tempers as the dust, sweat and frustration of ramming a quart into a pint…
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Bit of time for Chedder
Woke today to the large thunderstorm that was sweeping the midlands – at 5 o’clock in the morning I went out of the cabin to watch and film the show. With the storm moving around the Hannington area, we felt the earth move as the thunder shock the ground and the lightning illuminated the surrounding…
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Relatives
A quite weekend, but a chance to catch up with relatives who live nearby. I can’t say there is much to write today, but we had a good tour through Swindon old town. It was interesting to see how the hill on the town, got eaten by the new Swindon of the railway town, the…
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Railway visit with Dad
Swindon is a town that holds much for those interested in railway history – being the location choosen by the GWR to establish their locomtive works. Following a request by Dad to get some photographs of one of the locomotives in the Swindon Steam musuem, we decided it was a chance to catch up if…