Percy House
Travel Blogs from Wimborne
Four weeks
Just four weeks to go and I just want to be settled on board with the real world, and Christmas , left behind. I still need to order money and am checking the exchange rates daily its still going up so hang on. If it starts to go down then I buy before it looses any more. The money is delivered to the ship so don't have to carry it. The exchange rate is pretty good also. Found ...
What can I give this Christmas?
... the support of so many people for whom the first question this Christmas is not "what do I want?" but "what can I give?".
From the 10th Dec we'll be posting regularly on here with pics and video and blogs to keep you updated on where we are giving out the shoeboxes and bringing you some of the stories of the individuals who will receive them. We hope you'll join us; you never know, you might even spot your shoebox!
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The last day
... you become involved in public service such as the airport which is 30 years behind! A funny example which I said I'd come back to was as at the Winter Palace when going to retrieve our coats from the serviced cloakroom to find our section, numbers 1249-3500, having a large queue but the bay next door only separated by a column between the counter, that had a another lady there, had no one there at all but she wouldn't help the ...
Packing warm clothes!
... with some jumpers and other warm things. So hopefully we will be ok. Russia will be a new experience in traveling terms! Just the alphabet for instance, Cyrillic...oh my goodness, have you seen this!! This is the name of our hotel in Russian Отель Пушка ...
Winchester and Salisbury
... Climbed up High St to see where the old castle at Winchester was. Went into the Great Hall which remains to this day, where Sir Walter Raleigh was sentenced to death and the round table of King Arthur has been hung. Came back down High St (Pete bought a beanie) and strolled through the Abbey Gardens, by the local river and the old city walls to the car. Drove to Salisbury next. Left our things at the YHA (we got a six bed dorm to ourselves) and walked a few minutes into town ...
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Other places to stay in Wimborne
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Elm Grove
Poole Rd, Minster, Dorset , Wimborne | B&B -
Gordon House
42 West Borough, Wimborne | B&B -
Hopewell Bed & Breakfast
Little Lonnen, Colehill, Wimborne | 3 star b&b
