The Hotel Rex Weymouth

... find out our latest experiences. They'll be photos, videos and a whole lotta funny stories to keep you amused during this next year. <br><br>We're looking forward to keeping you in the loop, send us messages of what you're up to. <br><br>Much love guys and gals. <br><br>xxxxx

... 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!!<br><br>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!

... is not really a speed demon, but the slower pace suits us fine as we are in no hurry... it also conserves fuel which is important considering the distance we will be covering over the next few months. So we don't really go faster than 50 mile/hr (80km/h for the aussies at home) and we avoid the motorways as there generally is ...

... the train station, Hannah got questioned about her age, because she is so tall everyone thinks she is older than 15! On the way Jane had texted us to say that there had been a mix up with the caravan and we would be staying in a tent! Hannah was horrified.. so was I.. its still a bit chilly in the evenings!! lol<br><br>But all was good, our tent turned out to be a very large caravan.. more like a permanent van, three bedrooms and I think slept ...

... a smashing roast at the White Lion Carvery in Crewkerne.<br><br>Sad to leave this morning, Art went off to work in Bridport at about 8.30 am and we were so imersed in chatting with Thurza that we didn' get away til 11.45 am.<br><br>Arrived at Wayne &amp; Julia Stonehams new pad at about 3.30 pm after stopping for lunch.<br><br>Hoping to catch the England v Croatia World Cup qualifier in about half an hour live on ITV!!

... be very wet I decide to seek a B&amp;B in Weymouth close to the ferry. The landlords father then says he will have to go to Blandford Forum and I ask if there's a station there; there isn't. The conversation continues around various options; the weather is fine and sunny and a thaw is clearly underway. A lift to the nearest station looks like a good option except that the nearby train lines run in the wrong directions. Eventually he volunteers to take me ...

... he quietly told me that if I could find somebody with the relevant mechanical skills, I should take them instead of him. Alas, there weren't as many at the meeting as I would have liked, but I was able to update Ian, Alan and Rick with progress on all fronts. On Sunday we went paintballing as my first fund-raising event. In the end 55 turned up, putting another £275 in the coffers, plus another £110 from the BBQ run by Lucy and Jim. Not a bad start I guess. On Monday, we were ...

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 &amp; 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 ...

... and return via<br>Netherlands. Unfortunately the Grimsel and Furka, even in mid June were<br>both still blocked by snow and we had to detour to Montigny and thence<br>over the St Bernard Pass and down to Aolta. <br> Of that whole journey, which I will one day, if time permits relate to you, we were<br>most impressed by Switzerland. At the time it was the most expensive<br>place in Europe ...

... from the path)and on the very last turn through the field we had to take what was clearly marked the last little section of the footpath to get to that village road. We thought it looked a little overgrown, but plowed ahead until there was no going back. It became more and more overgrown and the worst part was that it became ALL stinging nettles. We were at least 10 minutes slogging through it and we both had shorts on. Needless to say, we both were a mess by the time we emerged; I ended ...