No sooner back from the Grand Tour and Jos is off to the Shetlands! Margaret invited Jos to come with her and friends to Shetland for 2 weeks - an offer not to be missed!
Train from Hexham to Aberdeen, then overnight ferry to Lerwick and after a few hours a bus trip to Vidlin to be picked up by holiday cottage owner.
Saturday, 30 July 2011
Thursday, 28 July 2011
Day 8 Grand Tour
Time to get back home - strightforward drive back to Hudsriding and now Jos has to get ready for her trip to Shetland on Friday! On day 1, Meg suggested she could join a trip up to Shetland for two weeks. Time to get the paints out...
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Day 7 Grand Tour
A visit to Cliff & Carols - just talking about families and Geraldine and children turned up - They've all grown a bit since we last saw them!
We all went for a walk down to the new river bridge and after seeing the lock in operation, Stepen turned up!
Time again to move on - this time to Penny's to see how much the boys had also grown!
We all went for a walk down to the new river bridge and after seeing the lock in operation, Stepen turned up!
Time again to move on - this time to Penny's to see how much the boys had also grown!
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| Geraldine & children - Happy family shot! |
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| Cliff & Carol |
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| The new bridge |
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| 1st time Cliff had seen a barge in the lock (I've never seen the lock before!) |
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| Steve magically apeared! |
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| Grown up boys (me included!) |
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| Penny with moon on the tv |
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Day 6 Grand Tour
Day 6 - we woke up to light rain after camping in the garden (wonderful!). Again, all too soon it's time to move on.
Stroud was the next port of call to see Wendy who was expecting a phone call any minute to say she's a grandma! A visit to Butterow wher uncle Len lived and a walk on the common and again it's onward to Worcester. Unfortunately an accident on the M5 meant another motorway crawl for an hour.
Stroud was the next port of call to see Wendy who was expecting a phone call any minute to say she's a grandma! A visit to Butterow wher uncle Len lived and a walk on the common and again it's onward to Worcester. Unfortunately an accident on the M5 meant another motorway crawl for an hour.
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| Ken and Sara's productive garden |
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| Sara outside wooden house |
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| Two Lg's! |
Monday, 25 July 2011
Day 5 Grand Tour
Down the beach at Southsea...
Onward again to rural Wiltshire and Sara's idyll home.
Ken was busy making hay while the sun shone (working on the house), so we had a lovely walk through the surrounding countryside which included the Kennet and Avon canal.
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| Down the beach |
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| Sunny days |
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| Steve's back garden - lovely! |
Ken was busy making hay while the sun shone (working on the house), so we had a lovely walk through the surrounding countryside which included the Kennet and Avon canal.
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| Sara's local walk |
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| Kennet & Avon Canal |
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