Family History
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Clophill History Discovery Walks by Colin Watt
A friend emailed over the holidays sending me a link to a walk around Clophill he’d enjoyed. Led by my curiosity for everything ‘history’ and ‘countryside’ related I was excited to read one of Colin Watt’s Discovery Walks – e-leaflets – and I thought it perfect to share this with you, alongside my virtual tour…
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The Solent Area ~ Virtual Tour no 8 ~ Southampton
In the past, if you’d taken the Floating Bridge over the River Itchen from Woolston then you would be close to Southampton Docks and as a child, when holidaying with my Grandma we used to do the round trip… over to Southampton via the Floating Bridge and back via Northam Bridge, or the other way around if…
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She’s was a bit of a handful ~ The strength of female characterisation
My initial inspiration for The Riduna series was my Great grandmother, born on the island of Alderney in 1865. ‘Apparently she was a bit of a handful and they shipped her off to live with her aunt on Guernsey when she was fifteen,’ my Dad explained one day, in one of his lucid moments. He…
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Bookiful Weekend Event on Weston Shore Southampton
1. ‘Bookiful’ Event Number One! WHEN? Friday 3rd August at 7.30 pm, pray for a fine evening please! WHERE? Weston Shore Southampton, Meeting near the Pitch and Put – No firing golf balls in our direction please!!!! WHAT? Book reading and Picnic. A relaxing time to listen to appropriate extracts of my two novels Riduna and Ancasta…
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Launch of Ancasta ~Guide me Swiftly Home – A Trifle Damp but Delightful!
What with gloomy weather forecasts warning of storms and floods as we headed towards Southampton on Saturday morning, I decided to keep an open mind of expectation! In fact, torrential rain hit us not long after we were on the M3 heading South and we wished we’d stopped in the service station we’d just passed by…
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A Terrific Time with Technology
Yesterday was my mother’s 80th birthday and since we have family all over the world, and many family in the UK were also unable to travel very far, she was happy to have a quiet celebration at our house. We were wondering how to make a gathering of the select few of six of us…