Giffard House Hotel
Travel Blogs from Winchester
Bye bye Blankie
... Blankie and Jamie were awake and trying to get themselves sorted.
Jamie was going to Glasgow for the day for work and Blankie was getting ready to leave on her 22 hour journey to Hamburg. We had one last meal together and were pretty reflective about the time we had all spent together. After all, we called ourselves the heartbreak tour... It was so nice to be with them both, I wish Khanh Chi had been there too (the other girl from California that we met in Amsterdam) ...
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?
This year 6,657 Christmas shoeboxes were donated to The Trussell Trust for distribution in Bulgaria. This is another record and a reminder that there are a lot of you out there that really care about others much less fortunate than yourselves. If the children and adults who will receive the presents this year were able, they'd say a huge thank you to everybody who gave shoeboxes or their time to help sort them. It's really good ...
A day in Winchester
... pub that would want Monty clogging up the park.
Driving along the main road, we found a huge lay by set back from the road. We thought we would do it the French way and settled for the evening.
Cooked our dinner in the oven - well, David did! And it heated up the van.
Great evening - with Spanish neighbours! A large artic parked up in front of us.
Bed was warm, but the night was cold.
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Back to Southampton
September 14: It is Day 14 of the Baltics and St Petersburg cruise, and we`re on our way from Oslo to Southampton.
Christine, together with many other passengers, not feeling the best on account of the effects of the rough sea we are ...