I had been looking at this holiday for about 3 years and managed to book it this year. I think it was actually “Industrial Heritage of Shropshire” and was based at Church Stretton, Shropshire. On the evening of our arrival there was an introductory talk from the person leading the tour, but it was quite…
Category: Holidays
Lichfield Reunion
This year our reunion was held in Lichfield and we stayed at The George Hotel – an old coaching inn. After we arrived we mostly converged on the bar area for pots of tea or drinks. Dinner was then a walk away at the 1709 the Brasserie, where we had 3 tables to ourselves in an…
“Walking and Sightseeing” on the Isle of Wight – Part 2
Day 4, Wednesday, was a day off so I had a slow start and then followed a walk I had picked up at the “Discovery Point” in the hotel. It was an easy one and about three and a half miles. From the hotel it went along the road for a short way and then…
Go “Walking and Sightseeing” on the Isle of Wight – Part 1
Yet another holiday with hf holidays, this one on the Isle of Wight, staying at…… The walk on the Sunday was to….. …….which were not at their best as it was too early for the roses and for the herbaceous borders, although the bluebells were out. The walk there was great, though. First over the…
Birthday in Bath
As I had several people who all wanted me to do different things on my birthday I decided to take myself to Bath. I went on the train which is easiest, as the station is nearly in the centre of Bath. I didn’t leave very early but the journey is only just under an hour. …
Another trip to the Historic Dockyard at Portsmouth
Having bought a ticket for the dockyard which enabled me to go as often as I wanted for a year, when I felt like another day out I thought this would be a good idea. I had the rest of “The Mary Rose” to look at and as it is inside it didn’t matter if…
We meet again……
…….at…… Although we know our place and stayed in the apartments in…….. Initially everyone congregated in our apartment as we were there before Simon (this year’s organiser) and we had milk for cups of tea/coffee. Also we were downstairs so easier to access and had no low beams to knock heads on. (Apologies to everyone,…
Another trip to Bournemouth
My friend T tends not to go for walks unless she is with someone, so I said I would go for a walk with her one Monday and where would she like to go? She later asked if we could we go to Bournemouth for the day instead. Well a day in Bournemouth is a…
Have a day in Bournemouth
As another of my “days out instead of a holiday” I had been planning to take the bus (using my bus pass!) to Bournemouth. I really wanted to go before the school holidays proper started, so as things worked out it had to be the day after visiting the “dig”. As my grandparents used to…
Visit an Archaeological Dig
I have been doing a short Future Learn course produced by the University of Reading called “Archaeology: from dig to lab”. The first week of this described their work in the Pewsey Vale, between Stonehenge and Avebury, where there have been digs for the last two years and again this year. On further investigation I…