Today was a quick visit to Clyst Honiton to see the family grave and hopefully the stained glass window dedicated to the Gould branch of the family. Then on to the cottage I had rented for the week having stocked up on a weeks shopping on the way. The cottage or should I say flat is very nice and the view is stunning, unfortunately the weather isn’t too good!
Saturday, 30 June 2007
Friday, 29 June 2007
To Avebury
Well today has seemed a long day! The day started with breakfast at the Black Horse, a good cooked breakfast I was further entertained by one of my favourite hobbies ; people watching a couple came down to breakfast, the poor bloke he couldn’t do anything right, what ever he did she criticised. A quick wander around town and especially the inside of the church and then off to Avebury, a pleasant surprise it is a National Trust property so no entrance charge or car parking to pay as I am a member of the Scottish National Trust. On the way he I went past Silbury hill I know this is the biggest man made prehistoric structure but I’m afraid I was distinctly under whelmed, I was interested by the work that English Heritage is doing apparently the top of the hill fell in a while ago. The stone circle was interesting but it was difficult to get a real sense of it as it skirts the village. The gardens of the manor house and the church were an added bonus.
I then set off to drive south aiming for Exeter as the aim was to visit the church at Clyst Honiton where there is a family grave and a window in the church dedicated to the Gould line of the family.
I eventually found a nice pub to stay in at Otterton near Budliegh Salterton which must be the most English place name ever! A slightly dodgy half hour when I thought I was going to run out of petrol though but found some eventually when the car was running on the fumes at the bottom of the tank.
I then set off to drive south aiming for Exeter as the aim was to visit the church at Clyst Honiton where there is a family grave and a window in the church dedicated to the Gould line of the family.
I eventually found a nice pub to stay in at Otterton near Budliegh Salterton which must be the most English place name ever! A slightly dodgy half hour when I thought I was going to run out of petrol though but found some eventually when the car was running on the fumes at the bottom of the tank.
Thursday, 28 June 2007
Holiday Day one
Left home about 11am, no point in rushing, I’m on holiday! Got to Cirencester via the Fosse Way, with a few detours due to me missing a few tunings the main mistake being missing my exit from the M1 but that didn’t turn out to badly as I was soon back on track. I drove through lots of lovely villages but decided not to stop until I got to Cirencester as I had made a late start. The town seems quintessentially English, if a little posh ! I wandered into the Tourist Information office to enquire about a B&B, they asked me how much I wanted to spend, I made the mistake of saying cheap! I was informed that they don’t do “cheap”. Oh well! I decided to look for my self found a room at The Black Horse a nice old pub with internet access although it turned out that wasn’t free. Went for a wander around town the old church St John the Baptist is very beautiful it’s one of the great “wool” churches of the Cotswolds. I went into a charity shop I spotted a nice shoulder bag, £4.99, I totally confused to lady in there by giving her a twenty pound note and asking if I could I could have some pound coins in my change, this had her totally flummoxed, for a start she gave me a tenner, a fiver and a penny, right of course, I then asked very nicely if I could have some pound coins instead of the five pound note. She then proceeded to fish around in the till and give me five one pound coins and the five pound note, even when I pointed out her mistake she wasn’t too sure and didn’t seem to believe me that she shouldn’t give me twenty pounds back.
Monday, 25 June 2007
Water water....
Well getting home from work today was interesting. It normally takes me about 1/2 an hour to get home. Today it took about 2 1/2 hours, I took so many detours to avoid roads blocked by floods> I drove home throught the Peak District rather than trying to get through Chesterfield whic was gridlocked. Even when I got back into Sheffield it took ages to get back home This photograph was just one of the floods I encountered. Do you think I should buy a boat on ebay?
Sunday, 24 June 2007
Holiday plans
As you will have read I'm off on holiday soon, driving down to Cornwall in one go seemed a bit of a tall order and not relaxing. So I have decided to take a more interesting and long winded route south I'm going to go south as as Leicester then follow the Fosse way as near as i can.
Saturday, 23 June 2007
Shopping problems!
Ben and I went to Tescos this evening I presented my cheque card to pay, it ended up taking forever as the Chip and Pin machine wouldn't process my card and the tescos staff had to phone up my bank to make a security check. Apparently my spending pattern has been unusual! All I have done is book a holiday, pay for a new windscreen for my car and repair of my satnav, come to think of it I spent quite a bit in town today on maps and books for my holiday.
Could come in handy - June 23rd.
They have finally produced a Haynes manual that could be useful to me! It's a Haynes manual for teenagers!
Thursday, 21 June 2007
Holiday Alone June 21st
I have finally got around to booking a much needed holiday! Get there next Saturday the 30th July The cottage I have booked is in Downderry in Cornwall on the south coast near Looe and Seaton. I'm really looking forward to relaxing on the terrace of the cottage (that has a stunning sea view)with a bottle of wine and a good book or three
Monday, 18 June 2007
Sheffield Flickr Meet
I went into town this evening with Sarah to meet up with some Flickr folk. As we drove into town we could see a massive plume of smoke over the city. We originally thought it was the United ground then maybe the station but it turned out to be the nightclub Gatecrasher. It was totally gutted and it eventually part of it collapsed. We couldn't get too close as there was a police line. We then went on to meet up with some flickr people including Knautia who was up from Bristol.She had us jumping in the Peace Gardens we got some funny looks but I don't think any of us cared and it was fun 
Saturday, 16 June 2007
Day to myself
I was really tired today, a tough week at work, I'm sure I have put in at least 45 hours!
Today I had a much needed lie-in then decided to wander down to the Heeley Fair to see what was going on, I've not been before but it was a little uninspiring. There were some interesting stalls. This one selling beautiful belts.The dancing Chinese Dragon was also worth seeing.
Today I had a much needed lie-in then decided to wander down to the Heeley Fair to see what was going on, I've not been before but it was a little uninspiring. There were some interesting stalls. This one selling beautiful belts.The dancing Chinese Dragon was also worth seeing.
Saturday, 9 June 2007
Chance to Dance! June 9th
A wander around town today, it was the Chance to Dance event were lots of different types of dance groups encourage people to join in. There was a great atmosphere in the Peace gardens; to echo the local Bollywood award presentation there was a mass bangra dance lead by a very enthusiastic lady in a stunning pink outfit
As Sarah and I wandered back though town we paused near the Lyceum Theatre and watched people arriving to a production of The Rocky Horror show, there were some great outfits!
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