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Category Archives: Family Days Out
An autumn walk on the wild side with spiders, squirrels & crocs
A walk on the wild side with the spiders, squirrels and crocs Continue reading
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Tagged Axmouth, Dorset, Lyme Regis, National Trust, Nature reserve, walk
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The Harvest Moon & the Low Tide
I always wonder what lies beyond the next headland, don’t you? Continue reading
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Tagged Beer beach, Devon, harvest moon, low tide, rock pools
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Llanthony Priory near the Brecon Beacons still offers a moment of peace.
Where neiher the destruction of the Tudor King or the Welsh weather can destroy the spirit within Continue reading
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Tagged Brecon Beacon, church, dissolution, Henry VIII, Llanthony Priory, monastery, ruin, Wales
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Wales. A coal mine. Easter Monday. What could be better?
How about a trip down into a disused coal mine on Easter Monday?
How could anyone not want to? I asked. Continue reading
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Tagged Big Pit, Blaenafon, Breacon Beacons, coal mine, colliery, Llanthony Priory, miner, museum, pit pony, Wales, Welsh
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Crabs…do you suppose they get crabby after being caught countless times during crabbing?
I wouldn’t like to be a crab; not because they are incapable of walking forwards, or backwards for that matter; I suppose I would eventually get used to the idea of turning away from my intended destination in order to … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, bucket, catching crabs, crab, crabbing, fishing, harbour, seaside, table manners
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The Finch Foundry Devon is celebrating its 20th anniversary since it was rescued from delapidation by the National Trust in 1994
When we get our copy of the National Trust News & Events paper, I always know there will be something of interest to circle or asterix; and page 2 from the Spring 2014 edition has been pinned to my noticeboard for some … Continue reading
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Tagged day trip, Devon, Finch Foundry, forge, foundry, iron, museum, National Trust, steel, uncle tom cobley, Victorian, water, water power, Widecombe Fair
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Beer…not the brew best served cold but the quiet cove on the Jurassic Coast
Beer. Not the brown liquid libation but the picturesque coastal village that nestles comfortably in the 95 mile stretch of the amazing Jurassic Coast. As with all the beaches along this prehistoric sweep of English coastline, it has so much … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, Beer beach, Beer Quarry Caves, crabs, Dorset, fish, Jurassic coast, picturesque coastal village, rock pools, sea, seaside
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Castle Drogo: where modern battlements & fortifications became the hopes and aspirations of a 19th century business magnate
It’s not often I find myself in awe of scaffolding, but when it’s housing the deteriorating grandeur of a Lutyen designed castle, one cannot help but be taken aback by the scale of this gigantic project taken on by the National Trust. … Continue reading
Burgh Island, Devon. Flora, fauna & fancy hotels
The road to Burgh Island, or perhaps more accurately, Bigbury-on-Sea in Devon is very typical of all the roads in the south-west; it’s a narrow country road with a few passing places and bordered by dense hedgerow. But it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Agatha Christie, anemone, art deco, beach, Bigbury-on-Sea, Burgh Island, coast, day trip, Devon, flappers, holiday, hotel, Noel Coward, pilchard inn, south west
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The traditional family Sunday: roast dinner, family walks….
Have you noticed that as you get older the memories of your childhood become rosier and cosier? The expression ‘through rose tinted glasses’ becomes less of a euphemism and more of a way of instilling into your children just how … Continue reading
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Tagged countryside, family walk, forest, fungus, Lewesdon Hill, National Trust, trees, trip, walking. day out, wood
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