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Day 31, 19th June 2019, Paignton, Cockington Village, Torquay

We bought a £5.00 day ticket for the bus this morning, first stop Paignton, to see where my great Aunt lived.   However, I had made a few assumptions.  And they never turn out ok! ?  Number of Views :1018

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Day 30, 18th June 2019, Chichester to Brixham, via Portsmouth and Bournemouth

Said goodbye to David & Peter today at the Old School B & B around 8.30am. David has told us to go and visit the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth, so we stopped off on our way.   Number of Views … Continue reading

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Day 27, Saturday 15th June 2019. Eastbourne to Chichester, via Sissinghurst Castle Garden

Woke to a beautiful, crisp morning, the view from our window was stunning.    After a final breakfast, we said goodbye to Eastbourne and around 9am headed to Sissinghurst Castle Garden 32 miles away.  It isn’t on the way to our … Continue reading

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Day 26, 14th June 2019 Eastbourne UK

We headed a few km away to Beachy Head early this morning for a 10km round walk to see the White Cliffs and The Seven Sisters.    Number of Views :862

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Day 16 4th June 2019, National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery, a demonstration and Everyone’s talking about Jamie at the Apollo theatre.

We left the flat after 9.30am this morning, we walked to the National Portrait museum.   On the way we stuck our head into Brown’s hotel, we were going to go to Fortnum & Mason but it was closed due to a … Continue reading

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Day 14, 2nd June 2019, Southbank and Evensong at Westminster Abbey.

Did a bit of cleaning of the flat this morning, looked better afterwards. There are a few plants here that I have enjoyed looking after, they look much happier after 2 weeks of a bit of love! FaceTimed some family … Continue reading

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Day 12, 31st May 2019, an interesting morning and a fabulous afternoon

We were out the door at 9.15am on the bus heading to The Regent Garden. We missed our stop as we were too busy talking! We got off two stops later! ? it didn’t matter, we got to see more … Continue reading

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Day 10, 29th May 2019, a day of culture, Natural History Museum, V & A and Royal Albert Hall.

Was another enjoyable day today, headed out around 9.30am, walked through Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens to The Natural History Museum (no catching the wrong bus for us today ? in fact I don’t think we took a wrong turn, … Continue reading

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Day 7, London markets, Ottolenghi and a park, 26th May 2019

It has taken a week, I had a great sleep last night 91/2 hours, very happy.  Woke up at  7.45am, much better than 3am!   We had a great morning, we eventually worked out how to get to the Columbia Road Flower Market, … Continue reading

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Day 5 tour of Westminster, London and Hamilton 24th May 2019

Did a few loads of washing this morning, grateful to be staying somewhere, we can do it. It is not going to be so easy for most of the holiday. We have a Sandeman tour of London at 10am this … Continue reading

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