I left Winchester at about 9.30am and decided to wander slowly south-west to Lyme Regis, a tiny sea-side village. It wasn’t far to Stonehenge, and it is one of those places one must ‘do’ when one comes to England. I was distracted on the way, however, by a sanctuary for birds of prey. Thinking of … [Read More »]
Half-Term: Winchester (19 February)
Forgive me for having taken so long to update this. I can only access the Internet at school, and life has been so busy lately, trying to mark GCSE coursework and Year 7 exams! In February I had my first Half-term break. One glorious week to potter about the English countryside! I decided that the … [Read More »]
Snow!
My apologies for not having written for a while. I was on half term holiday last week, and have heaps to write about that – but it might end up having to wait until next week… Today the school was closed at lunch time because it was snowing! Beautiful, soft clean snow – it actually … [Read More »]
St Albans
Last Friday night I braved Friday evening peak hour and took the train into London then out again to St Albans. Now I know what it feels like to be a cow on a semi-trailer, although I was going somewhere much nicer than an abattoir! I arrived at about 7pm after a 2 hour journey, … [Read More »]
I love the theatre!
I took myself off to the theatre again on Saturday. I wasn’t sure if I would do anything much as I still wasn’t well, and walking in the cold air was doing nothing for my cough. However come Saturday morning I decided I was up to a train trip into London with minimal walking! I … [Read More »]