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Archive for August 2017

‘And if you say goodbye, then I know that I would cry…’

Wednesday 16th August has got me ‘all shook up’ 🙁 It is the 40th anniversary of the death of music legend Elvis Presley. I am an unashamed Elvis fan. I didn’t really know any of his music until A Little Less Conversation was released and I was interested enough to buy a CD of his […]

IoW2017: The Needles

  I think (but I’m not sure) that the children are being needles in this photo… We arrived here very early and got started on the rather lengthy walk to get as close to the Needles as possible. What I didn’t realise was how much there was to do at the Needles in terms of […]

#VLOGSTARS: would you rather…?

We have been set some tricky questions to answer this month for #Vlogstars Here are my answers: How about you? Here are the questions, let me know your answers in the comments below Would you rather eat healthy or exercise regularly? Would you rather have a third eye or a third arm? Would you rather […]

IoW2017: Blackgang Chine

Well this trip can be summed up by Matthew’s announcement at 10.30 (half an hour in) that this is the best place EVER! We arrived as it opened and headed straight for Area 5, the dinosaurs. It was amazing. Hidden speakers projected animal sound and the animatronic dinosaurs were fascinating. The dilophosaurus is my particular […]

IoW2017: Quarr Abbey and Bembridge Windmill

Whilst up in the north east section of the Isle of Wight we decided to visit a couple more sights. First we headed to Quarr Abbey, a site which consists of the ruins on the original abbey destroyed after the Reformation and a new working abbey closeby. Matthew and Anya were thrilled to test out […]