Vintage to Victorian (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
Well ... catching up with what? Catching up first of all with family for a very special 90th birthday party at the weekend. Mum's sister-in-law, my aunt, had a wonderful party at her home in Northamptonshire - Stoke Bruerne, to be precise. Those of you who enjoy narrow boat holidays, live in Northamptonshire or have an interest in the waterways of Britain will have heard of Stoke Bruerne , I'm sure....
Yeah whatever ....Michael. (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
With guest star from Somerset - Sutton Bingham.
George Owen's blog (Free subscription) | 31/08/2009
We went for a very lazy day today; getting up at around lunchtime (me, not Chris!); reading and generally 'going with the flow'; and then at 4pm deciding to take a trip to a tea-shop at Burton Bradstock. It's an easy and smooth half hour from home, with a navigable beach and beach path on which to stroll. It was a very pleasant and tiring walk, after which we refuelled with a Dorset cream tea and Darjeeling....
Good King Hal (Free subscription) | 26/08/2009
There is no finer place to be on a hot summer's afternoon than at Barrington Court near Ilminster. I was really looking forward to my two days wandering round the old pile again - it was just a shame my old mate Matthew Applegate wasn't around as he was off enjoying a well deserved holiday in France. I was left in the very capable hands of his new "apprentice" Kate Churchill who did a wonderful...
Paul Mc's blog (Free subscription) | 19/08/2009
Back in Dorset. Lovely place lovely weather. I promised myself I'd try to capture s omething of the crazy cliffs in West Bay and Burton Bradstock. all this area was a river delta millions of years ago and the ebb and flow of the water has resulted in really striking strata. Add some uplifting (?) and erosion and you get something very unique. It feels like the setting of the closing sequence of Planet...
intheboatshed.net (Free subscription) | 03/06/2009
Dorset lerret photographed on the beach. Click on the image to go to the excellent Burton Bradstock web pages including some interesting photos of traditional boats Former Boat Building Academy student, instructor and Cornish pilot gig builder Gail McGarva will be back in the workshops from September to build a traditional Dorset lerret by eye. Gail has won [...] Post from: intheboatshed.net
Nostalgia at the Stone House (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
I'd been battling with a cough/cold all week, the redecorating of our landing and trying to fit in sewing time whenever I could, so the weekend was very much looked forward to. Hubby and I decided to take a drive down into Dorset and found ourselves in the town of Bridport, as recommended by Hen on her wonderful vintagey blog. We started off with lunch in the Beach and Barnicott Restaurant which is...
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