A trip to DelphiSea: FlatWeather: Hot ... 27C rising to 36C when returned to ship (high 30s whilst in Delphi) Too early for the main dining room breakfast this morning...
Sea: SlightWeather: hot A good nights sleep and we were ready to enjoy our first day onboard Azura. A little lie in meant we missed breakfast in served in the...
Pre-cruise: Wednesday 16th August 2023 All packed and suitcases just under the weight limit. By 5pm, Jon had finished work, the car packed up and were on our way to...
A visit to watch Southern Brave in Hundred Action is becoming an annual pilgrimage. This is the third year running we've made it to watch the action. Alas the times...
Somewhere new for Callum to explore with his friends. The boys decided they wanted to do another Treasure Trail and this one took us to Wallingford. It's a town we'd...
Saturday 29th July 2023 The things we do for football. Callum found out that Barrow AFC were playing Newcastle U21s in Barrow and really wanted to go. Just a little...
Saturday 17th June 2023 Fathers Day Treat for Jon - he's wanted to see the Pet Shop Boys in concert for a long time and when they announced they were...
George Holford1815 - 18753rd Great-Grandfather George Holford was the oldest of James Holford and Rebecca Beckett's 3 children. James and Rebecca were married at St Mary & All Saints, Great...
3rd April 2023 A day out with friends today and the boys decided they wanted to do a Treasure Trail. We gave the choice of location to Callum's friends and...
2nd April 2023 Easter Treat for us all. Time Trap were retiring the Station X escape room so we decided to give it a go whilst we could. This escape...
Joseph Lewis 1838 - 18763rd Great-Grandfather 1838 - Birth of Joseph Lewis Sadly, we know very little about Joseph Lewis. It is only from Census records that we know he...
Saturday 18th March 2023 Time for a special treat for Granny and I - because it's Mothering Sunday. We'd only told Granny we were taking her out for the day...
William Southway 1822 - 19053rd Great-Grandfather William Southway (various slight spelling variations including Southey) was the second born son of James Southway and Elizabeth Filer. He was born in Wells,...
Friday 17th February 2023 A more leisurely day today to end our tour of Kent. Callum said he REALLY didn't want to see any more castles (!) but didn't mind...
Thursday 16th February 2023 Back into Canterbury again and we were meeting up with our nephew as he's at university in the city. We were hoping he would be able...