Seashells
Travel Blogs from Poole
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 ...
The last day
... wait for the taxi at 3.00 and on our way back. So that's it folks and blog watchers, another trip and our second blog. Must say we struggled to get the blog done each day as our time went so fast and opportunities to do it were not many. By the time we got back to the hotel in the evening it was late and after a full day sight seeing and walking the large sumptuous bed was calling!! So that's it till the next trip...where might that ...
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 ...
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 ...
Location
Other places to stay in Poole
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Thistle Poole
The Quay, Poole | 3 star hotelfrom $127 -
Holiday Inn Express Poole
Walking Field Lane, Poole | 2 star hotelfrom $109 -
Sandbanks Hotel
15 Banks Road, Poole | Hotelfrom $136- Love this smart, stylish hotel
- Really really good, but....
- Don't go off season - think twice about going with young children
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The Haven Hotel
161 Banks Road, Poole | 3 star hotelfrom $166- Good downstairs, terrible upstairs
- Priceless views, overpriced!
- What A View
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Premier Inn Poole North
Cabot Lane, Poole | Hotelfrom $95 -
Premier Inn Poole Centre - Holes Bay
Holes Bay Road, Poole | Hotelfrom $103 -
Harbour Heights Hotel
73 Haven Road, Sandbanks, Poole | 3 star hotelfrom $181- Comfortable & good brekfast
- Well it was ''Interesting''!!!
- Great small hotel, magnificent view
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Hotel du Vin Poole
Thames Street, Poole | 3 star hotelfrom $190 -
Salterns Harbourside Hotel
38 Salterns Way, Poole | 3 star hotelfrom $149 -
Arndale Court
62-64 Wimborne Road, Poole | Hotelfrom $51 -
George Hotel
230 High Street North, Poole | Hotel -
Quarterdeck Hotel
2 Sandbanks Road, Poole | Hotelfrom $121
