Nice couple of days

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Seeing as Jane and I were going out for a meal with her work-mates in Southampton last night, I thought I'd go over earlier in the day and see my family. Met David and Otis at the Mayflower, then went on to the hospital and had lunch with Mum, gave her some belated birthday presents and just generally had a…
Holiday 2012: Day 5

Holiday 2012: Day 5

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Day five was to be our last day on the Isle of Wight, but our ferry wasn't until 4:30, so we had time to have one last cool day. Packing everything into the car was speedy and efficient, Jane is very good like that. Our first stop of the day was at Robin Hill. It had some nice woodland, cool…
Holiday 2012: Day 4

Holiday 2012: Day 4

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Day four brought with it a visit to Blackgang Chine: A name that has resonated throughout my life. My Mum and Dad took David and me there years and years ago, not that I remember the place at all, just the name. Although I doubt it was as impressive back then as it is now, there are some aspects that…
Holiday 2012: Day 3

Holiday 2012: Day 3

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Day three brought a real inspiration (as opposed to the semi-inspirational woodland of day two) - Butterfly World. I made sure I got some amazing shots. Surely the one with the green pattern looks too much like a tasty caterpillar? It'd be eaten in no time. Can't wait to use their patterns in some kind of creative endeavour. I also…
Holiday 2012: Day 1

Holiday 2012: Day 1

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Jane, Claire, Lewis, Ethan and I popped over to the Isle of Wight today, a little place called Whitecliff Bay. The ferry ride was peaceful enough, we went up to the top deck and soaked in the beautiful sea air. I do so miss the sea air. When we got to the Isle of Wight, Claire thought she'd avoid traffic…

My other cousin got married

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The brother of this one. As a nice juxtaposition to his brother's Wedding, it was kinda budget. It looked nice enough and all, but it was just a sports hall in Southampton made to look flowery and shit. It was generally chaotic to be honest, with Best Men rushing around organising the buffet, and only one bar when in reality,…

Holiday 2011: Day 7

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We went to Teignmouth on day seven. It was raining, so we didn't really see much there. We went to The House Of Marbles, saw some guys blowing glass things, Jane and Myrtle bought some glass things, other than that, not a lot happened on this day. I got the impression Jane was still feeling delicate. In the evening we…
Holiday 2011: Day 5

Holiday 2011: Day 5

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Today was pretty much a washout as Jane was really hungover. She had drunk quite a lot the previous night. We all set out to go to Brixham, but we had to turn around and drop Jane back at home, she was that rough. Colin, Myrtle and I went to Brixham, it was nice. We saw some nice paintings and…

Holiday 2011: Day 4

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Day four was plagued with indecision. I got the impression that Myrtle wanted to go somewhere but wouldn't say where, waiting for someone else to suggest the place she wanted to go to and then say "YEAH LETS GO THERE". Maybe it wasn't that, but that's the impression I got. In the end we went to Tuckers Maltings. The most…
Holiday 2011: Day 3

Holiday 2011: Day 3

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On day three we went to Bygones in Torquay. It is a place that revels in the past, and has around a million interesting artefacts from the 40s and 50s, mostly nostalgic packaging. From preserved biscuits (which look surprisingly like modern day biscuits), through racist gollywogs, to "titillating" images. It was quite interesting though, and fair play to them for…