Brighton
Ah, the great British seaside experience... ...
Read MoreHurstpierpoint Sussex
On Thursday the 15th we stayed at dad's cousin Sarah's house, also me and Minnie's second cousins Will and Ellie's house. It is 450 years old and 3 stories high. Elizabethan style and slightly u n e v e n floors. ... Very fun though, Sarah's husband David collects antique clocks, one was made in 1690 and still works. I taught Will about nirvana :) Pip star* ...
Read MoreWalcot and Rodbourne Swindon
Houses my mum grew up in around Swindon in the 50s and 60s. While we checked out the house at Walcot an initially suspicious neighbour, once reassured, told us that for young folk these days it's all about "murder and stabbings - still you don't 'ave to follow em do yer?" ...
Read MoreSudeley Castle
We've found it hard to find time to fit in a visit to a castle so far. Sudeley is our first. It has ties to Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn , Elizabeth I and Catherine Parr, Henry's 6th wife who is buried here. The outside gardens, ponds, pheasantry, etc were as one would imagine - grand. We enjoyed ourselves on the flying fox in the playground. ...
Read MorePainswick
Painswick, among other Cotswold villages, is quaint and has an attraction or two. The church has 99 yew trees shaped into morphed lollipops, arcs,etc. They are all numbered 1 to 99 with names. After searching high and low Acacia couldn't find number 27... ...
Read MoreWiltshire aunts & uncles & cousins & nephews – first, second, once & twice removed
Here's my mum's brother and sister, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, their kids and partners, their kids, my kids... ...
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27 Swindon Road, Wroughton
Keeping it all in the family. I lived in this house for a year or so before my family moved to Australia in 1982. When we left my wonderful Uncle Alan and Aunty June moved in and have been working on the house and gardens - which are incredible - ever since. From the late 1960s until they passed away my grandparents lived next door at number 29. Now my cousin Jane lives there with her partner Andrew and young lads Alistair and Michael. ...
Read MoreThe Flour Game
I am writing this moments after it happened because it was so funny. Alan and June had a dinner party thing for Karen's birthday. There were 14 of us there, 6 kids and 8 adults. By the end of the evening all the kids and 4 adults had put their face in flour and grabbed a ring with their teeth. We were playing a game called "flour"...or something. You get a bowl and put lots of flour in it. Then you get a tray or something flat and put it on top of the bowl, pressing in all the flour. Next...
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