Watson Family Photos
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27th August 2022 - Scarborough Sitting on the longest railway bench in the world, a double decker sightseeing bus ride and a walk along the prom...had to have an ice cream on this fabulous sunny day...and a ride back up the hill on the funicular railway |
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27th August 2022 - The Midland Pullman To Scarborough on The Midland Pullman, a much delayed trip (first by Covid and then rail strikes) to celebrate Lou's 50th |
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21st August 2022 - Happy Birthday Eve Gotta have a caterpillar cake! |
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17th August 2022 - Peak Rail Train Ride A ride on Peak Rail and we met the resident mouser on our trip around the yard |
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16th August 2022 - Horse Riding Competition Amy displays her medals from a very successful competition, well done Amy! |
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15th August 2022 - Rother Valley Country Park Day one of Amy's horse riding competition followed by a visit to the country park and a meal at the Sir Jack |
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17th July 2022 - Didcot Railway Centre Hoping to see 'PENDENNIS CASTLE' as it was on the website as operating today but unfortunately it was only in the shed...maybe next time Still not seen 'LADY OF LEGEND', always seems to be away visiting somewhere else! |
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11th July 2022 - Hinton Ampner The house is being renovated so was closed but the grounds were lovely with plenty of shade on a swelering day |
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22nd June 2022 - Brooklands Museum My birthday treat this year is a visit to this wonderful museum Not a train in sight but plenty of bikes, cars and planes and tons of history and nostalgia around every corner - Concorde was the highlight Volunteers and staff were great and very willing to answer questions Didn't have time for the bus display and a couple of other small bits so a return will be on the cards |
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20th June 2022 - Picnic on Butser Hill Picnic on the hillside with stunning views. Sunny but a bit windy at times! |
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17th June 2022 - Uppark Return to this lovely place on a nice sunny day with great views over the South Downs. Very restful and another nice coffee shop.... |
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23rd May 2022 - Kingston Lacy An impressive house with various formal gardens on different styles, well worth a visit |
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22nd May 2022 - Blue Pool An idyllic place...not so blue today as the weather was a bit cloudy but plenty of space to walk in the woods or relax by the waters edge Nice coffee shop too! A quick visit to Durlston Head at the end of the day but it was too chilly to hang around long! |
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22nd May 2022 - Studland Views of Studland and Poole Harbour and then a visit to the beach area then Fort Henry and the WWII fortifications |
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21st May 2022 - 11th Wedding Anniversary A ride behind 34072 '257 SQUADRON' on the Swanage Railway during the day then an evening run behind 50026 'INDOMITABLE' on the dining train eating a lovely curry - awesome locos and unbeatable views!! |
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13th May 2022 - Criccieth Another castle and another lovely beach Coffee and ice cream in a cafe overlooking the sea |
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13th May 2022 - Caernarfon An imposing castle and a nice little harbour with its own swing bridge Also, the rather modern railway station that just doesn't seem to go! |
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13th May 2022 - Plas Newydd Looking for red squirrels in the woods...alas none seen A lovely building in a beautiful setting just across the Menai Strait on Anglesey and home to the famous Rex Whistler Mural... the photos don't do it justice...you have to go and see it, it's awesome! |
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12th May 2022 - Abersoch Just west of Pwllheli, a lovely enclosed beach, although it was a bit windy today! |
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12th May 2022 - Portmeirion Fascinating, Colourful and Quirky! Quite a place with lots of beutiful buildings and woodland walks so something for everyone Well worth a visit |
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11th May 2022 - Cambrian Coast Along the coast from Tywyn to Barmouth and on to Portmadog, including the fantastic Barmouth Bridge |
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11th May 2022 - Talyllyn Railway Not great weather to start with so some very atmospheric views but the train ride was mostly dry and the short walk to Dolgoch Falls was worth it |
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10th May 2022 - Borth-y-Gest A lovely small harbour, unfortuantely the tide was out but picturesque none the less |
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10th May 2022 - Blackrock Sands Fish and Chip supper on the beach with Dad and Jackie, and a whole bunch of seagulls! |
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10th May 2022 - Llanberis Pass Up and over the pass to Llanberis with stunning scenery |
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10th May 2022 - Betws-y-Coed Very tourist orientated so lots of shops but also the Conwy Valley Railway Museum which has an awesome 15" gauge (1/4 size) model of Britannia Dad used to work on the real loco at Stratford in the 1960s |
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5th and 6th May 2022 - Swanage Railway The annual Diesel Gala is not to be missed Spent time watching and riding the various trains |
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25th April 2022 - Jack's Black Sash Award Jack is awarded his Kung Fu Black Sash, only the 35th person to achieve this level at his academy - Well done Jack...very proud of you :o) |
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25th April 2022 - Tyntesfield Visiting this lovely National Trust property near Wraxall, just west of Bristol with Eve Lovely gardens and lots of beautiful tulips |
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11th April 2022 - Biddulph Grange Garden Beautiful gardens just outside Stoke on Trent Italian, Himalayan, Chinese and Egyptian themed gardens and lots more, including lots of interesting structures and caves Check it out here |
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10th April 2022 - Churnet Valley A ride on the Churnet Valley Railway with lovely coffee and cake at the Boat Inn in Cheddleton, just down the road from the station |
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8th April 2022 - Wightwick Manor This lovely Manor house just outside Wolverhampton Beautiful dark wood panelling inside and lovely gardens Check it out here |
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2nd April 2022 - Petersfield Heath A walk on the heath, past the cricket ground and around the lake where there's been lots of work to clear vegetation and improve the wildlife habitats....really opens up the views of the lake now |
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19th March 2022 - Mid Hants Railway Tea and crochet on a train! |
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16th February 2022 - Southend A quick stop-off for a coffee on a sad day as we're on the way to Uncle Roger's funeral |
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5th February 2022 - Pagham Lagoon Back to the lagoon (the easy way!) to feed the birds with Amy and then to the excellent Pagham Beach Cafe for coffee and hot chocolate to warm up |
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31st January 2022 - Seaford to Newhaven A beautifully sunny day but bitterly cold! Having caught the train to Seaford, we walked along to Newhaven, past the Tide Mills and across the river, back along the beach through Tide Mills and followed the dodgy looking tramway tracks that have clearly not been used for a long time... |
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29th January 2022 - Chichester Canal We walked almost the whole length of the canal starting at the Marina car park, passing the site of the old bridge where the Selsey Tramway crossed the canal and the sharp right turn to go up into Chichester. Not all of it is navigable but the bit that is is still used for leisure traffic |
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24th January 2022 - Lee-on-the-Solent Another weekend, another walk along a beach! We can thoroughly recommend the bacon rolls from 'The Shack'! |
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17th January 2022 - Portsmouth A lovely mild day for a walk along the Seafront and around Old Portsmouth |
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15th January 2022 - Pagham Further along from Bognor, another beach and the lagoon... we learnt not to trust the signs as the public footpath took us through a dodgy and very wet and muddy path but we got to the end to find out that if we'd carried on along the gravel road between the houses we would have come to the bridge without getting wet and muddy!! |
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15th January 2022 - Bognor Regis A walk through the gardens and along the beach on a mild day |