Riviera Hotel Weymouth

... informando.

After 6 years sharing our lives in this small town in Somerset, finally we left the country to return to Spain. But as you can see, there won´t be a direct flight, we will deviate a little, and let's go around the world in 60 days. We will keep reporting

... 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 ...

... near Christchurch right near the ocean overlooking the Isle of Wight and along from Mudeford and Poole Harbour. Next morning we had a nice tour around the district, including Highcliffe Castle, which isn't really a castle but looks a bit like one.

Off across the countryside tomorrow to have a couple of days with Art & Thurza Comben at Crewkerne in Somerset.

... 10 miles..........but with the wind for once in my favour(its been on the nose since I left Lymington) I should make it in good time.Will eat in the club tonight and say my farewells they have made me very welcome and so has the harbour masters team, checking that maybee and I even at 2230 was ok, at the top of the storms, great guys.

so next email should be from weymouth.

colin

... managed to get the HB to put me inside , unfortunetly it was on the wall, I didnt realise how much work there was in sorting the lines out during the day and night,someone felt sorry for me and turned up with an old wardrobe door
to put between maybee and the wall, as the strakes were getting damaged, it worked, and so that day I was constantly swapping lines around to try an get a better berth, eventually 6 lines later and two to the chains in the harbour floor I ...

DORSET 26TH AUGUST - 2 ND SEPTEMBER Our first Major Camp after being of no fixed abode. We invited along our son his wife and our lovely grandchildren, we were to stay a week and they were joining us on the weekend. As our motor home sleeps just 4 people we had already purchased an awning with a four berth tent attached to it, those of you who camp will know what I mean we say we needed HELP to put it up!! Bingo along came our friends and ...

So, the big day has dawned. Not strictly true, I've been up for 2 hours and it's still pitch black outside, but I'm sure it will dawn soon. I've been burning off CD's since I got up to come with us on the trip and sending off information to Meridian TV. Following on from my recorded interview with Marina, the press officer, I've now been contacted by Radio Solent and the Dorset Echo. Meridian are also coming down to visit us on the sea front today ...

... front, we now have a new team member. Stuart had been unable to commit after mulling over the idea of coming for 4 months, so I had to give him an ultimatum. He didn't reply so I can only assume he was still unable to commit. We now have Ami Parker on board, who I'm sure will be very useful on the fundraising front. She has also been out to the hostel in Cluj, so she has now been installed as Ambassador to Romania. I also ...

Tue 26/2/2008 Travelled to Bournemouth via Waterloo station. Walked along the seaside and saw the sunset. Felt weird being on the beach in a coat, scarf and beanie!! I then explored the town. Studied for the test tomorrow, just a little bit nervous. Expenses 85.60 lunch, dinner, 2 nights accom.

Wed 27/2/2008 Travelled in to Bournemouth ...

... 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 ...