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Last day here
This is the last day at Newark.
On Thursday when we returned from our day trip we had a bit of a scare with the car. To cut a long story short we took it to a service centre on Friday morning and they found that an oil pipe had worked loose. We had noticed oil drips on the Thursday. I had already put 5 litres of oil in but when they had done up the pipe it took another 51/2 litres. I was told it only holds 61/2 litres and it ...
A Day Trip
Went to Melton Mowbray, the home of the Pork Pie and to a little village where history records the original Stilton Cheese recipe comes from. Also went to a rail museum that the web site promised was open, but it wasn't!
Visited a pub in a town called Grantham where Richard the 3rd signed the Duke of Buckingham's death warrant. Grantham is ...
Another let down
Talked about the Heartbeat train and how it runs past the cottage near Whitby in a previous entry. Last time in 2009 it was Santa specials when we were there, this time it is closed all of November. I seem doomed never to ride on it but will try again in Spring.
Anyway, went to an air museum near Newark. We had called in a few days ago but it was just about ...
Social butterflies
Lots happening at the moment.
On Wednesday we went to Newark on Trent which has a huge church which dates back to the 13th Century. In it is a life size brass plate which was on a tomb of a man who died in 1360 something and is the largest in the UK. It has an old castle where King John dies. He signed the Magna Carta.
I bought a TV aerial which Jean reckons is the largest she has ever seen. It is rather small really! Anyway, when it ...
Ho Hum
First to thing to mention is that just like last time in 2009, we tend to stay in out of the way caravan sites and internet connections are not as good as we would like. Just mentioning this as there may at times be large gaps in contacting you all.
Why Ho Hum? We haven't really done anything exciting yet. All the little things that ...
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