Southampton Old Cemetery is situated on the south side of Southampton Common and covers 27 acres. We took a walk through the cemetery over the past weekend and even though this is only a few miles from home, it was the first time that we had driven anywhere to take […]
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A cannabis farm in Bitterne, in a fairly quiet residential street, is not what you would expect to find. But one Thursday evening in February, this is what happened, in what was our quiet little neighbourhood. Things began around 9pm, when neighbours saw people breaking into the house next door. […]
A new set of major roadworks on the M27 motorway in Southampton is set to cause lots of traffic chaos for the next two months. The roadworks are set to start in September 2018, and are aimed at improving the flow of traffic between junctions 3 and 8 around Southampton, […]
Starting 18th February 2018 there are going to be major roadworks in Southampton that will create a major nightmare for travelers. People who need to commute between the city centre and Chilworth Roundabout to get to work will face severe delays, as Basset Avenue is going to be closed southbound […]
Just imagine if you could be transported back in time and have Afternoon Tea with Queen Victoria. This is what it felt like for us a few weeks ago when our best friends won a competition in the local paper to visit Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, which […]
Beer is a small fishing village on the south Devon coast and we drove here after our trip to the Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth to enjoy the view and also to have a bit to eat as it was late afternoon. We have been to Beer several times before, and […]
We visited the Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary in Devon back in April and it was such a foggy day that it was quite a bizarre experience walking around and seeing donkeys appearing out of the mist. Today the weather was much nicer, and definitely not bad at all for the end […]
We are spending the last week in October in Devon. It’s also half term week, and since we can only go away when the schools are on a break, it does limit us to when we can take trips, but staying in a converted farm building which is off the […]
It Seems that The Man Upstairs Just Can’t Please The British these days, and as a result we are seeing some really odd weather patterns. One thing is certain, it’s not typical weather for June! I suppose it all began back in March when the national news was reporting that […]
Poole Quay has a lot of attractions for the visitor, including old pubs, Poole Pottery, and The Ginger Pop Shop featuring Eileen Soper’s Illustrated Worlds.