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...
Wednesday 15th February 2023 We headed off to explore Canterbury today and opted for the Park & Ride rather than battle our way around the city to try and find...
Tuesday 14th February 2023 We couldn't have a day in Kent without a visit to a castle. Well, technically today we were heading into East Sussex and to visit Bodiam...
Monday 13th February 2023 One thing there seems to be plenty of in Kent is Castles. Not a surprise when you think about it. This coast was the closest to...