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More good stuff from Exeter
Just wanted to share a few great places and things seen, starting with these granite columns to an insignificant car park minutes away from our hotel, in a street called Northernhay – from the fact that it is on the … Continue reading
Posted in my travels
Tagged A la Ronde, granite columns, Northernhay Street, Sgraffito ware, Steepcote hill
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Llandeilo Working Holiday – 5th to 12th may 2012
Left Brighton just before 8am and had been met at Llandeilo station, taken to Newton House and had claimed a bed in the dormitory within the medieval buildings bordering a courtyard adjacent to the grand house before 3pm. During the … Continue reading
Posted in my travels, Real Ale, wildlife
Tagged Evan Evan's Cwrw, Evan Evan's Mayfly Premium Bitter, Llandeilo, National Trust, Newton Hose
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Exeter Trip – 27th to 30th April
Cheap train to Exeter and checked into the Young’s Hotel that was offering half price B&B. Might have been the Northgate Hotel, certainly stands on site of the North gate , and part of the city walls is the boundary … Continue reading
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A Visit to Alciston – 16th April 2012
I spend (far too little time) walking the South Downs within Brighton and Hove checking the condition of gates, stiles, rights of way and signs. This is a voluntary thing for the South Downs Society. One of the rewards is … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Concerns, my travels, Real Ale
Tagged Access land, Alciston, Rights of way, Rose Cottage Inn, South Downs Society
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Sundial Society Conference part the last.
All day Saturday and Sunday morning is the conference – if you want to know more you should check out their website – www.sundialsoc.org.uk After lunch on Sunday we said our goodbyes, handed in our badges and headed for … Continue reading
British Sundial Society Annual Conference
Last Thursday we trained to Gloucester, direct from Brighton, just over £6 each single fare. Called at the Dick Whittington for a coupleof pints and lunch. The landlord (Norman) came over and told us he used to live in Brighton … Continue reading
Posted in my travels, Real Ale, wildlife
Tagged British Sundial Society, Butcombe Gold, Mad Goose, Purity Ales, Springhead brewery
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Visiting Eridge Rocks, near Tunbridge Wells
On Friday the 30th March Jackie, Steve and I went out to join a guided tour of the Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Eridge Rocks Reserve. The outcrop is 138m years old and was formed in what was a huge delta as meandering, … Continue reading
The Isle of Wight beckons
On Monday 12th March, with a weather forecast promising sunny days I set off with a light heart and heavy pack to Ventnor for two days decorating and two days roaming about. The job was bigger than I expected and … Continue reading
A Trip to Shoreham Fort
last week three of us took the 700 bus to Shoreham, over the footbridge and turned east for the Fort. Stopped immediately by a strange looking van. Clearly based on something French, and with an profile resembling a snail it … Continue reading
