UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 23 Aug 2008 | Views [329]
Today we were off to the Great Homer Street market - a huge affair in Liverpool. After we had our fill we went down to the Pierhead to buy our tickets for a cruise on the Mersey. Prior to the cruise, we had a look at an art exhibition in the Liver Building ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 23 Aug 2008 | Photo Gallery
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 22 Aug 2008 | Views [238]
This morning we started off with a visit to Costco, a huge wholesale shop that sells just about everything. It is American in origin and, although primarily for businesses, it is possible for individuals to buy a card which enables them to purchase the ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 21 Aug 2008 | Views [175]
We set off early this morning to drive down to Cheltenham (about two hour's away) to visit Dot's daughter Julie. The drive wasn't too bad, especially as the weather seemed to improve with every mile!! Chantelle, Julie's daughter, was awaiting the results ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 20 Aug 2008 | Views [211]
One of Allan and Dot's favourite hobbies is buying and selling at markets and car boot sales and Allan has an arrangement with his employer not to work on Wednesdays, when he runs his stall in Widnes Market. Today, we went with Dot to see the stall in ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 20 Aug 2008 | Photo Gallery
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UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 19 Aug 2008 | Views [239]
We weren't able to go to church on Sunday morning as Ron had some sort of tummy bug. Thankfully he felt better in the afternoon so we went with Allan and Dot to Blackpool, a holiday town on the north-west coast. Sadly, with the advent of cheap airfares, ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 16 Aug 2008 | Views [409]
On Friday, after a leisurely morning with Dot, we set off for the Wirral in Cheshire, to visit our dear friend Chris. We had seen her a while back but as it was too soon to say farewell, we returned for an overnight stay. On the way to Chris's, we had ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 15 Aug 2008 | Photo Gallery
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UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 14 Aug 2008 | Views [227]
Off to visit Marjorie and Winston today, after lunch. Marjorie and I have been friends for over 40 years and I met her a couple of weeks ago with other friends, for lunch in Liverpool; however, we hadn't seen Winston since 1971 so were looking forward ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 13 Aug 2008 | Photo Gallery
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UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 13 Aug 2008 | Photo Gallery
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UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 13 Aug 2008 | Photo Gallery
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FRANCE | Wednesday, 13 Aug 2008 | Views [401]
Our sojourn in Paris was almost over – just a trip to the airport left. As we had so many problems on Saturday, getting from Charles de Gaulle to the hotel, we decided to leave early (6.30am) to make sure we were at the airport in plenty of time. Well, ... Read more >
FRANCE | Wednesday, 13 Aug 2008 | Views [579]
We had a very full day today, plus a rather sad thing that happened (not to us!) – you’ll have to read to the end to find out! We caught the Metro to the Assemblies Nationales station and then walked to the Place de la Concorde, intending to board ... Read more >
FRANCE | Wednesday, 13 Aug 2008 | Views [607]
After breakfast in the hotel, we set off for Versailles by train. Luckily, two other guests, Charles and Violet (from Northern Ireland) were going as well, which was very helpful in negotiating the trains! We arrived, with hordes of other people, around ... Read more >
FRANCE | Wednesday, 13 Aug 2008 | Views [552]
Got up at 3.30am(!!!) for our very early start. Allan had kindly offered to take us to the airport for our very early flight. We were in plenty of time but, although Ron had checked us in online the night before, when we arrived at the gate there ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 13 Aug 2008 | Views [284]
What a day! It started with some great news for Sam – she has accepted a position with one of the A1 race teams, based at Silverstone, starting on Monday! Her job will be Team Secretary/Co-ordinator and she will be travelling with the team to all the ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 7 Aug 2008 | Views [281]
We decided to have a foray into South Wales today so, after having breakfast, we set off for Hay-on-Wye, only a short drive from where Rob and Laura live and just over the English/Welsh border. Unfortunately, Rob and Laura had to work so it was just ... Read more >
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