Spindrift Guest House Weymouth

So this is it. In a week we will start our great adventure, so we thought we would write a lil goodbye message whilst in Bournemouth.

Obviously we have nothing to write about at the moment because our lives are dull in England. But make sure you keep checking up with us ...

... I even saw a picture of the bathing compartments pulled by horses into the water so people could swim without anyone seeing them in their swimmers. I'm presuming it was for the women! I also presume their swimmers were neck to ankle... lol what would they think these days!!

I was going to have lunch on the pier but they weren't selling any food.. ah well you can't have it all your own way!

... a lot to see when your on them.

So we decided on a next stop as Lyme Regis on the South Coast to break up our journey back to London. It's a nice place at the start of the Jurassic Coast which we did not have time to explore. Kim impressively went for a morning run even though it was rainy and windy and I stayed tucked up in bed!

... 8!! We were quite a large group, about 4 families I think and their kids!

We had dinner at the park. This is no ordinary park.. its huge and the entertainment was great. They have a huge complex in the middle, with an indoor and outdoor pool, kids play area with a climbing wall and trampolines, putt putt golf, amusement room (massive) dinning room and club.. HUGE..

I had a steak but it was a bit rubbery.. lol. Say a lot rubbery ...

... had lunch of crab sanwiches just off the Cobb and a walk along to find to our dismay a couple of mad Pommees actually swimming in the sea!! Unbelievable.

Back through Dorchester to have a look at Prince Charles pet product at Poundberry, a "modern" development that looks like a prison and promises to be a blight on the landscape as a slum in 50 years time. Back home through the fog and out in the evening to be ...

... of these days I am sure we will plan something and get it right. We were three parts there and saw an MOD sign saying village closed!!! We thought we would cycle on anyway and see if we could sneak in! Alas a few miles ahead of us we ran into the beast!!! A 20% hill!!!! Half way up my heart was threatening to bounce right out of my chest and my lungs were about to explode when Dee said to me "Do we really want to cycle up here if the ...

... bit agitated when he found out. This was Sunday and it was Wednesday before Jim and Lucy came up to Weymouth. They met me at the bus where I was painting inside. The weather wasn't up to outside painting. The lack of exterior paint didn't help either. I could tell Jim was itching to drive, so after a while I suggested going for a pint. Jim drove us out to the Victoria Inn, about 2 miles up the road. Luckily it had a ...

... Experienced traveller and odd job man at present. 11. Alan Dadswell. Semi retired bus driver and mechanic and hence a vital team member. He's currently not able to commit fully. 12. Stuart Courtney. another unable to commit either way. Ex-pharmacist by trade and also drove trucks from Egypt to Ethiopia delivering Live Aid goods in the 80's. 13. Kev May. Ex-lodger and Special Constable. The newest member, having recently been given an ultimatum by his girlfriend that if ...

Way back in 1973 my wife and I were living in Hull, East Yorkshire, from where we set off in our tiny Datsun Cherry loaded with camping gear to look at 'The Continent'. We went via Dover ferry to Belgium, Luxembourg, France & Germany to Switzerland. We camped beside Lake Thun, at Gwatt and after a few days respite decided to go over the Grimsel and Furka passes into Italy, then France and return via Netherlands. Unfortunately the Grimsel and Furka, even in mid June were both ...

... into my little shop and chatted about having lived in Switzerland and about what we had missed! He invited me to borrow his videos showing the Swiss Railways systems in all their glory. From then on we were compelled one day to go back !

So this is the travelog of our return to Switzerland after nearly 40 years!

We decide that rather than take our car again, we would go by rail ...