| 29th December 2015 - Spinnaker Tower A nice day with great views possible Jack braves the glass floor |
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| 28th December 2015 - Visiting Granny Happy Christmas Granny and yet more presents! |
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| 27th December 2015 - Christmas Presents Eve and Jack join us for more presents |
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| 25th December 2015 - Christmas Day Happy Christmas! |
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| 20th December 2015 - Christmas Tree Decorating the tree and setting up the Santa Express! |
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| 17th December 2015 - Lou's Birthday Robbie calendar and a sewing machine....what more could a woman want! |
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| 5th December 2015 - Amy's 18th Birthday Party Amy celebrates with her friends and family |
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| 4th December 2015 - Amy's 18th Birthday Happy Birthday Amy |
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| 15th November 2015 - Visiting Eve Visiting Eve at Uni and having a lovely meal at Don Leone restaurant |
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| 25th October 2015 - Swanage A day out to Swanage, including a ride on the footplate....thanks to Nathan |
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| 17th October 2015 - Visiting Oxford An afternoon visiting this beautiful and historic city |
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| 11th October 2015 - Vulcan XH558's Final Flight At Barton Stacey to witness the final flight of this magnificent machine, then a picnic at Ludgershall Castle afterwards |
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| 4th October 2015 - Happy Birthday Mum A belated Happy Birthday to Mum |
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| 26th September 2015 - Eve Moves in to Uni Accommodation Helping Eve move in to her room for her first year at University |
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| 5th September 2015 - Visiting The Emirates Stadium My Birthday Present from Lou, visiting the home of Arsenal |
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| 19th August 2015 - Eve's 18th Birthday Happy 18th Birthday to my (not so anymore) little girl! We celebrate at the pub with her friends and then at the Italian across the road with Eve's friend Sam and Granny too |
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| 15th August 2015 - Ludgershall Castle I didn't realise so much of it was still standing....having driven past it literally hundreds of times! |
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| 9th August 2015 - Visiting Mandy and Anne A nice sunny day and a lovely dinner as always |
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| 7th August 2015 - Gretna Green A must see when in this neck of the woods! Including the World Famous Old Blacksmith's Shop and the museum |
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| 7th August 2015 - Housesteads Roman Fort Visiting the extensive remains of this Roman fort, including walking along the only section of Hadrian's Wall that the public are actually allowed to walk on! Buzzed by a couple of Apache helicopters as we left! |
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| 6th August 2015 - Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway A trip on this very scenic line including ice cream for all! |
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| 5th August 2015 - Edinburgh The magnificent Edinburgh Castle and Royal Mile and a visit to Greyfriar's Bobby |
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| 4th August 2015 - Castlerigg Stone Circle Dodging the rain again at this impressive stone circle Eve and Lou manage a 'selfie' |
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| 4th August 2015 - Aira Force Visiting this wonderful series of rapids with the massive waterfall Also the Money Tree where you add a coin to the thousands already pushed into it over the years |
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| 3rd August 2015 - South Lakes Safari Zoo Feeding a giraffe and kangaroos and getting up close to many of the animals on a lovely sunny day |
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| 3rd August 2015 - The World of Beatrix Potter A wonderful place for Beatrix Potter fans of all ages All the displays were beautifully done Well worth a visit if you're in Bowness |
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| 2nd August 2015 - Wrynose and Hardknott Passes Driving back via the very scenic but also very steep passes |
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| 2nd August 2015 - Lake Windermere Crossing Lake Windermere, dodging the rain! |
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| 2nd August 2015 - Haverthwaite Getting to know some owls and a steam train ride to Lakeside to catch a boat to Bowness |
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| 1st August 2015 - Cockermouth A week in the Lake District starts with exploring the town of Cockermouth |
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| 24th July 2015 - Leicester University Visiting the University where Eve will go in September...let's hope it stops raining by then! |
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| 19th July 2015 - Anne's 60th Birthday A lovely family meal in an excellent restaurant in Lymington, then a kick-about in the park afterwards - Happy 60th Birthday Anne |
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| 17th July 2015 - Hadrians Wall at Cawfields A quick visit to show Lou Hadrian's Wall |
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| 4th July 2015 - Pretty Muddy Race for Life Lou and Eve take on their toughest challenge yet! They didn't really getmuddy enough though! Well done ladies! |
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| 3rd July 2015 - Corporal Watson Promotion to Corporal for Jack, Well Done Son! |
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| 22nd June 2015 - Happy Birthday! The girls did a wonderful cream tea to celebrate my birthday - Thankyou! |
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| 21st June 2015 - Birthday Presents Jack couldn't be here for my birthday so we did presents a day early Thanks Jack for taking the photos |
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| 20th June 2015 - The Meon Valley Trail A quick walk along the Meon Valley Trail from the site of Droxford Station to Soberton and back |
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| 18th June 2015 - Tiger Moth (Take 3) Take 2 was cancelled before we even left home but Take 3 was a success Exhilarating and terrifying all at the same time! The experience was rounded off by seeing a Spitfire taking off and landing |
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| 7th June 2015 - Amy's Medals Amy comes home from another Special Olympics event with yet more medals to add to her collection - she can't half run! Well done Amy |
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| 7th June 2015 - Hayling Billy Southwards This time, the section south from Langstone to Hayling beach and back |
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| 28th May 2015 - Walking the Hayling Billy The north section of the old railway line from Langstone to Havant |
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| 24th May 2015 - Stratford upon Avon Today we explored the history with Shakespeare's birthplace, several historic buildings and his grave and finishing off with a cream tea! |
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| 23rd May 2015 - Visiting Stratford upon Avon Lou and I had the weekend in Stratford to celebrate our 4th Anniversary, today we explored the canal and basin |
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| 10th May 2015 - Another Train Ride This time to Corfe Castle for a look around |
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| 9th May 2015 - Train Ride A quick ride to Norden and back |
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| 8th May 2015 - ICRS Dinner Dinner for the Officials and helpers on the ICRS Sales Stand at the Swanage Diesel Gala |
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| 7th May 2015 - Cream Tea on a Train After the Naming Ceremony we were amongst the invited guests to ride on the special train to Worgret and back with the added bonus of a Cream Tea |
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| 3rd May 2015 - Visiting Mandy and Anne Another lovely dinner and Jack gets to show off his RAF WARMA medal |
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| 22nd April 2015 - Tiger Moth (Take 1) A lovely day, we turned up, got briefed on the nuances of flying the ancient machine, had a look round the plane, the first person even taxied off but alas it was not to be as the wind was too strong to safely take off.....to be continued! |
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| 12th April 2015 - New Forest A walk in the forest, lunch in Fordingbridge and a quick visit to Ringwood on the way home |
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| 12th April 2015 - Salisbury A visit to this lovely city with the magnificent cathedral We bumped into a familiar looking shop assistant! |
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| 11th April 2015 - Stoford A walk beside the River Wylye at Stoford near Salisbury |
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| 11th April 2015 - Lunch with Jack Lunch at the Barge Inn near Seend, alongside the Kennet & Avon Canal A fabulous location and very nice food |
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| 9th April 2015 - Didcot Railway Centre A visit to the excellent museum at Didcot with Jack |
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| 5th April 2015 - Happy Easter An Easter Egg Hunt followed by lots of chocolate, including a chocolate chicken for Eve and a full kilogram of chocolate for Jack! |
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| 29th March 2015 - Happy Birthday Jack Jack opens his presents and then we go to Granny's for cake! |
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| 15th March 2015 - Mothers Day Dinner with Granny to say Happy Mothers Day |
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| 8th March 2015 - Hurst Spit A walk along the spit to Hurst Castle on a very windy day |
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| 7th March 2015 - Weekend in Lymington An amazing Cream Tea! and dinner with a Marilyn Monroe lookalike! |
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| 1st March 2015 - RIP Scatty Scatty the gerbil was poorly and sadly passed away the following day |
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| 22nd February 2015 - Amy Horse Riding Amy enjoys her fortnightly riding lesson |
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| 21st February 2015 - West Meon Station We attempted to ride down the old railway line but the mud was too bad so we explored the old station area instead |