Category: family

This week started off as part of a five-day weekend. I had a day of leave on Friday, a weekend, a public holiday on Monday and then another day off on Tuesday. On Monday Juniordwarf and I filled in for a presenter who’s taking some time off, at our...

This morning the weather looked better, but that was just an illusion, and by the time we’d had breakfast, it was looking pretty ordinary. Juniordwarf was thrilled with the all-you-can-eat buffet style breakfast. He said to Slabs, ‘you didn’t tell me about this!’ and Slabs had replied that he’d...

Home at last Hobart, Australia Hobart, Australia And now we’re home. I don’t know about Lil Sis, but I tried to sleep on the flight from Brunei to Melbourne. Every time I felt myself falling into sleep, some part of my body resisted and I woke up again. I...

Last day Eastbourne, United Kingdom Eastbourne, United Kingdom Today was our last full day in Eastbourne, as you can tell by the imaginative title of this post. We had thought of going to Battle to see some of the 1066 history, but we both felt sight-seen out and history...

More history Eastbourne, United Kingdom Eastbourne, United Kingdom We don’t have amy plans for the rest of our trip. There are a few things on the ‘nice to see list’ and we might get to them, but really we want to spend time with our aunt and cousin and...

Pevensey Castle Pevensey, United Kingdom Pevensey, United Kingdom FIrst up this morning we spent some time exploring the Eastbourne Pier, which is one of Eastbourne’s most famous sights. It was built in the 1860s and 70s, and the sightseeing tour commentary said it was built so people could go...

The white cliffs of Eastbourne Beachy Head, United Kingdom Beachy Head, United Kingdom As on our first day in London, we decided to use our first day in Eastbourne to explore the city a bit with the Hop on Hop off bus tour. The tour goes along the seafront,...

The family history trail – Part 2 Gillingham, United Kingdom Gillingham, United Kingdom I mentioned that our Dad served in the Royal Engineers a few years after the end of World War II. His father had also served with them and had been posted overseas during the war. One...

The family history trail begins Salisbury, United Kingdom Salisbury, United Kingdom The main reason for our trip is to visit our Auntie R, our late father’s only sister. She lives in East Sussex, and we’ve only met her once – almost 20 years ago when she visited Australia with...

Once I’d finished my epic 12 km walk on Saturday, it was time to start preparing my feast for the Tassievore Eat Local Challenge. This was Week 4’s mini-challenge: to have a dinner party where all the food is from Tasmania. I’ll put my confessions up front. The butter...