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Gavin Hi Michele We love Abbotsbury. First visited several years ago and a couple had just opened a cafe in the old school. Dorset Apple Cake. Yum. The Swannery was established by Benedictine Monks who built a monastery at Abbotsbury during the 1040s. The monks farmed the swans to produce food for their lavish Dorset banquets. We're here till Thursday when we drive to Winchester for the afternoon than back to Southampton and fly home on Friday. Still researching the Coggans ... whovevdropped their middle name ... Colston.
re: Dorset: WeymouthMichele Sounds as if you are having a good time in Weymouth. One of my mum’s nieces lives in Weymouth. I visited her quite a few years ago. We went to the Abbotsbury Swanery, quite a nice place to spend a hour or two. When some of my other cousins visit me we often play UNO. It’s quite a go game to pass the time. Best Wishes, cousin Michele.
re: Dorset: WeymouthMichele Hall If you are still in the area the Watercress Steam railway is very nice. If you are near Basingstoke l recommend the Milestones Museum. It is in an aircraft hanger type of building. They have lots of exhibits from yesteryear. Have a look at their website. Make an enjoyable day out.
re: New AlresfordJulie & David Have a great celebratory trip. Doesn't seem that long ago that we attended your 50th Gav. Does that mean that we are getting old?
re: Back to the U.K.Peter What a wonderful word picture of a Dutch rural idyll! However, 25 litre milk cans departed the Australian dairy industry 50 years ago. What you saw was either bunged on for the tourists or an example of European subsidised agriculture, where 300 million taxpayers prop up a farmer with a handful of cows having his inefficiently produced milk expensively collected. This is the main reason why Australia and New Zealand, among free market economies, cannot penetrate European markets.
re: GiethoornPeter McNaught The acclaimed British chef,Rick Stein lamented similarly about pub food but said it was because they were churning out Thai, Chinese, Indian etc...anything but British. Re tomatoes. A bloke in Bowen, Queensland, is a tomato breeder and has sent me some seeds,promising that if looked after properly, will produce fruit weighing between 700 to 900 gms, without sacrificing flavour. The gene which imparts size is the easiest to introduce, apparently.
re: Osborne House- last visited
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- New South Wales
- France
- Germany
- Austria
- UK
- Ireland
- France
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Romania
- Serbia
- Croatia
- Hungary
- Spain
- Western Australia
- New South Wales
Michele Sounds as if you are having a good time in Weymouth. One of my mum’s nieces lives in Weymouth. I visited her quite a few years ago. We went to the Abbotsbury Swanery, quite a nice place to spend a hour or two. When some of my other cousins visit me we often play UNO. It’s quite a go game to pass the time. Best Wishes, cousin Michele.
Gavin Hi Michele We love Abbotsbury. First visited several years ago and a couple had just opened a cafe in the old school. Dorset Apple Cake. Yum. The Swannery was established by Benedictine Monks who built a monastery at Abbotsbury during the 1040s. The monks farmed the swans to produce food for their lavish Dorset banquets. We're here till Thursday when we drive to Winchester for the afternoon than back to Southampton and fly home on Friday. Still researching the Coggans ... whovevdropped their middle name ... Colston.