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    • RejsendeCamino 2023
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      Dag 133

      Sherwood forest

      1. september 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      This has had to be the quick trip of the week!! Travel by bus leaving at 8 a.m. from a busy station half an hour's walk away, so up by 5.40 a.m. to shower and pack leaving my gorgeous motel room by 7 a.m.

      How I love these early morning starts, the city is quiet, beginning to wake up as my suitcase clatters along the empty streets. I'm sure I'll get there in time so sit quietly in a "Gregg's" cafe to drink my morning coffee and two vegan sausage rolls!! What a treat!!      Læs mere

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    • RejsendeCamino 2023
      Dag 54

      Royal Pavillion

      14. juni 2023, England ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      Well , what a surprise today at the Royal Pavilion. I was in two minds about visiting it as it cost eighteen pounds. I had had dinner with Mark, caretaker from Shropshire who told me I shouldn't miss it. So there had been a few people who had suggested this by now, so I went.

      My word, what another amazing structure, amazing vision of King George the 4th. He may have been an exorbitant spender, and indeed he kept getting the money he needed to build the palace, Indian on the outside and Chinese on the inside, but what an accomplishment. Testament to the artisans of the times. Absolutely stunning.

      It is great that they work so hard to maintain the place as it is a real draw card for Brighton. It is said that Queen Victoria sold it to the Brighton council as it wasn't big enough for her family. Ostentatious but really not many bedrooms.

      I loved this pavilion and environs, and sat at the outdoor tea house to watch passers by and enjoy the shade as the temperature was climbing to 27 degrees.      Læs mere

    • RejsendeCamino 2023
      Dag 57

      Two family days in Barons Keep

      17. juni 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      I keep getting distracted and losing what I've written over the last couple of days, so I'm going to save this before I do anything else today!!

      On Friday I took the underground into Hammersmith to do a bit of shopping for our family day yesterday. I was joining oor Margaret and Colin's family to celebrate Colin and Rozalia's birthdays and father's day!!

      The underground is great in off peak times and a gentleman helped me off when the train got to Barons Court. I must have looked a right mess, back pack on front and back and two bags in each arm hehe!!

      I'm amazed at the selection of different grocery items here, sadly we don't get half the selection in NZ. I love the convenience of the underground as well.

      Yesterday, Saturday, saw Sarah and Lachy (20 months, my grand nephew) arrive first, so lovely to see them, and catch up once more, we were then preparing for our family lunch, salads, birthday cake, breads, cheeses, cold meats, drinks, the usual spread to make sure everyone's needs catered for.

      Jonathan, (oor Margaret and Colin's boy), wife Rozalia and Simon, (15 months) (their son, my grand nephew) arrived and received a very warm welcome from everyone and it was lovely to see the bairns interact.

      It just so happened that today was also the changing of the guard celebrating the kings birthday. We were watching on the TV as we partook of the repast, all talking at once and enjoying the chat while we ate. Lachie was enjoying mimicking the marching he was seeing as was wee Simon. They were very entertaining and had some lovely moments together. Then all of a sudden it was the fly past and the roar was very loud, so we all made a bee line to the balcony wondering which way the planes were flying in the hoe we might see them too.

      Unfortunately that was all we got, the loud roar of the planes, as they travelled overhead, obscured by cloud. After the opening of gifts for the birthday dad and Rozalia and father's day gifts, the children began to make plans for their homeward journeys. Many goodbyes, kisses and hugs, they were gone again.

      Margaret, Colin and I spent a lovely evening after the children had gone. Meg's got out a game and once we had worked it out, we played a couple of games, fascinated by the strategies needed to work out how to "win"...      Læs mere

    • RejsendeLook out London and Paris
      Dag 3

      Royal Albert hall Kensington

      11. maj, England ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Had a fantastic tour of this great place ( spontaneous) and we were so lucky to hear the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in rehearsal. Our tour guide was great. Got shown the Royal box and then were taken into the Royal retiring room where the Royal family have a break.Læs mere

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    • RejsendeCamino 2023
      Dag 130

      Colin to hospital and travel agents

      29. august 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

      Ann took Colin to the hospital for his monthly infusion of good stuff to keep him in good health. We spent the morning chatting after a bit of washing was done and hung on the line.

      We would head into town again after Colin's treatment was done and Ann had picked him up again to bring him home. He was no sooner home than out the door again to carry on working on his project.

      Air fares we found have risen sharply again..so I decided to search on line myself after we had deduced ,1800 pounds was far too much to pay to get home to NZ.

      We searched shops for a couple of beads for a Christening book I found for wee Lachlan Alexander Dawn McGregor!!! It was missing a couple of wee pearls. We eventually found a pair of earrings we could match with the two beads already on the wee book. I was delighted.      Læs mere

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    • RejsendeOverseas trip
      Dag 129

      London Nu. 2

      28. november 2023, England ⋅ 🌙 3 °C

      On our 4th day in London we left later than usual because we didn’t have as much to do. By the time we got out we only had about 2 hour of sun light left before dark ( seeing that it gets dark around 4:00 here. We went to this Modern art gallery (Tate Modern) that was… peculiar. It had some weird art there. Some of it was just a white canvas with a splotch of white and another would look like a kinder kid made it. After we walked to West End and went to a musical called “crazy for you” which was really good. We found out that tickets were much cheaper during week days which made it easy for us.

      Once again like yesterday on our last day in London we left the house pretty late. We took a walk along the side of the Thames to get a better look at London tower bridge which looked pretty cool. Then we went to another church service at Saint Paul’s cathedral for a service, I think I liked the first one more though maybe on the other one it was my first time so it felt more nicer to the ears but the one at saint Paul’s was more echo-ish. Then I went to the best show I have ever seen in my life. We split up into a group of two. Mum and Jemilla went to the Royal London Ballet which they said was very mesmerising. And Dad and I went to Back to the future the Musical which was one of the best musicals I’ve ever seen. The crowd was super into it and cheered and clapped a bunch, and the singing was perfect and the effects were super cool and I’m really hoping it will come to Melbourne so I can see it again. To sum up London it was one of my favourite city’s so far and maybe my favourite place. It had the Christmas vibe going on, it was cold, and it had a bunch of shows to see and everyone was really nice.      Læs mere

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    • RejsendeLook out London and Paris
      Dag 4

      Royal mews and Buckingham palace

      12. maj, England ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

      Today we ventured on the underground to the royal mews and Buckingham palace. What would we do without a cell phone and apps
      to help us country girls find how to sort things out.
      The white horse is called Shadow and he was one of the horses which took Charles and Camilla to and from the coronation.
      The gold state coach was used to take the new king from Westminister Abbey. Apparently it is extremely uncomfortable to ride in.      Læs mere

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    • RejsendeLook out London and Paris
      Dag 2

      London at last!

      10. maj, England ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      Two very tired travellers eventually arrived at their spacious apartment in Kensington after a chauffeur driven ride in a black Mercedes. Accomodation is wonderful.2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 80sqmetres. Our home for 15 nights. Walk out door of building and 15 metres is Waitrose supermarket!Læs mere

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    • RejsendeCamino 2023
      Dag 58

      Sunday to Lambeth, undrground train

      18. juni 2023, England ⋅ 🌧 19 °C

      The oasis church Lambeth, William Blake art and underground, phew it was an amazing Sunday. Who on earth would think that William Blake's art and poetry would grace the walls of a tunnell in Lambeth. The tunnell also had a wee crawl space to get through to the other side a very thick wall in between the two spaces.

      On the roof of the tunnell there were what looked like projections? On closer inspection we realized they were paintings, amazing! Blake's mosaic paintings graced the walls of the tunnel, just awesome to see these in their original spaces.

      The church service was lovely, the members having had a planning weekend and enjoyed meals together and a song learning service. We were invited to stay for the baptism and the barbeque lunch at the church's farm just down the road.

      The church has been there for 240 years, just amazing. At this church "Oasis" inclusiveness is practiced and how surprised was I when a song came up on the screen with the words " give thanks to the Lord for She is good, She is worthy", so progressive and inclusive is that!      Læs mere

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    • RejsendeCamino 2023
      Dag 129

      To Broughty Ferry and sad news

      28. august 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Today I received the sad news that my friend and colleague, Lin, had passed away on Friday. I had hoped that she's stay with us until I got back to New Zealand to say a final farewell, but it wasn't to be. We have shared so much over the years both at work and over zoom meetings since during our monthly supervision sessions. I will miss her humour and her insightful input to my practice. I forgot to tell my friend Ann as we readied for our trip out today.

      Ann and I went to Broughty Ferry, another nostalgic journey as I lived here for a couple of months during my first every visit home to Scotland in 1990. The wee shops are lovely, full of local and other crafts, jewelry, scottish mostly, attesting to the workmanship that here abounds.

      We lunched in a wee cafe, enjoying the sounds of other Scottish folk enjoying their catch up times, me smiling to myself as I make a mental note to remember them once back in New Zealand.

      The day trickled on as we realised it was almost 4 p.m. by the time we were ready to make our way home, another day full of memories.      Læs mere

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