Monthly Archives: July 2011

She Writes Blog Hop Number 5!

She Writes Blogging about Books and Writing Blog Hop Over at She Writes, Meg who hosts the 1st Books blog thought it would be great to host another online Blog Hop as a get to know you event – great … Continue reading

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Day Two – Jersey – 13th July 2011 – Liberation Square

One of the main sites of St Helier, is that of Liberation Square and the bus station which is just along from the square, and called Liberation Station. The historical focus here is the statue which represents Liberation after the … Continue reading

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Day Two – Jersey – 13th July 2011 – The Gardens of Samares Manor

We spent a lovely four or five hours or so wandering around the gardens, admiring the layouts and colour schemes of the various gardens. There was a ancient dove house, which until 2009 was roofless, it was believed that originally … Continue reading

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Day Two – Jersey – 13th July 2011

We woke on our wedding anniversary to beautiful weather. The new forecast for later in the week predicted rain, so we shelved our planned visit and headed into town for the bus to Samares Gardens. On the way though, we crossed … Continue reading

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Day One – Jersey – 12th July 2011

Our flight was at 7am which meant an alarm breaking the nightly silence at 4.15am. Such an early start on a holiday. The drive to Exeter airport was uneventful and check in was painless. Given all the routine & necessary … Continue reading

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Back from the Channel Islands…

We returned on Tuesday from our much looked forward to and welcomed break from Jersey in the Channel Islands. I did keep a log of what we did and in some cases ate, the places we visited and some general … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday – Identity Crisis!

About 20 years ago I was given this photograph, complete with frame by the Uncle of my Cousin. The gentleman in question, Fred Boxall of Compton Surrey England is now deceased. Over time the identity of the lady in the … Continue reading

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Weekend Cooking – Journeys to the Past

I can’t recall what I was even thinking about, but something stirred in the back of my mind of foods and food related subjects from my child hood. The town I grew up in held a weekly fruit and vegetable … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday – Alfie

Sleeping in Progress – Do Not Disturb! You may have met Alfie, back in April when he was the subject of A is for ……as part of the A-Z Challenge. Here is he last week, never missing a trick to … Continue reading

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