Category: Family Afair

family events, trips or gatherings

Our nine days on the East Sussex and Kent Border from 9th of May

The A 272 Petersfield to 5 Ashes We prepared for our journey by car to Kent some months ago, but first a farewell to our friends from Canada who have been staying with us whilst visiting their family here in the UK, leaving them in charge of our place. If you are heading to Kent … Continue reading Our nine days on the East Sussex and Kent Border from 9th of May

A day at Dawlish

We popped over to Dawlish this morning to look at the coastal barrier that is to prevent the sea doing any more damage to the railway line the runs along beside the sea between Star Cross and Teignmouth before following the estuary to Newton Abbot. What's so special, well the Rig being used so close … Continue reading A day at Dawlish

Fernworthy Reservoir

Here we are and eight months into Covid 19 and we continue to conduct our lives as if in a straight jacket, no matter there is so much to do when you've spent your life being busy it is really quite nice to do the old fashion things going for a walk with no purpose. … Continue reading Fernworthy Reservoir

When you need an easy walk

There are times when you just need to go for a nice stroll without the need for lots of preparation and the walk itself doesn't fill the the day, say about a hour and when at the end you just need to linger and say that was great and you are not quite ready to … Continue reading When you need an easy walk

3rd of September 2018 15 Days in Jorvic!

We have a daughter and son-in-law and their two boys who live in Harrogate, we've been trying to visit all year and finally September was an OK month.

April 2018 and A month on Tenerife!

We were about to spend a month on an Island 1/3rd of the size of Devon!

A few Days in Bath in September 2017

We had the opportunity to go to Bath on Tuesday the 19th of September, well that’s not entirely true,  we were due to go to Greenwich (something Delia has wanted to do for a few years now)for a week with the caravan.  Due to a rather a lot of standing for periods at a time … Continue reading A few Days in Bath in September 2017

Exiled in Hampshire and Somerset

In August 2016 we were in Hampshire for a two week break whilst friends visiting from New Zealand borrowed our home, it was part of a home exchange agreement we made with them when we went to NZ in 2015 when we stayed in their second home on western side on the lower end of … Continue reading Exiled in Hampshire and Somerset

Provence France 2016

We depart the UK from Plymouth on Sunday the 19th. The trip across to Roscoff was.... Quite good actually, and from then of it was three days of 8 hour driving days at first we headed to Tours then on to Lyon before arriving at Sissteron