Portsmouth and Southsea – such an interesting trip.

Early in the summer we spent a few days in Bournemouth, Portsmouth etc. Well, our tickets to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard were valid for a year, so we decided to go back.  We stayed in…

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Chichester with Hastings Battleaxe – Women in Black

If one was into C of E dioceses and bishops and whatever, Chichester is our nearest Cathedral city. Presumably the Bishop of Chichester oversees spiritual life right across Sussex, yea, even as far as Hastings. …

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Chatham Historic Dockyard, and Rochester revisited.

Just back from a couple of days extending our exploration of Kent. Back in the summer we went on a trip to Canterbury, Whitstable and Rochester. We meant to visit Chatham that time, but it…

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Stamford, York, Robin Hood’s Bay. Hastings Battleaxe ventures Oop North.

‘Oop North’ as against ‘Dahn Sarth’. I tell you one thing, it’s much warmer and sunnier dahn ‘ere…. We had an action-packed week, seeing so many new places and things. We are very lucky to…

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Visiting Canterbury, Whitstable and Rochester

We are now in the middle of Philosopher’s Birthday Festival season. All this for a man who didn’t want a birthday…..      We reached Canterbury at lunchtime on a hot sunny day, but amazingly, managed…

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