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Slindon
Apologies for this blog being so late but it’s been a busy time. I thought it was still worth posting though. Slindon is in West sussex in between Chichester and Arundel, it is famous for its large...
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West Dean College West Sussex
For my husbands birthday this year I booked him on a photography course at the spectacular West Dean College near Chichester West Sussex. It started this weekend and lasted for an evening and two full...
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Slindon
Today because it was frosty with beautiful clear blue skies, we headed off to Slindon in West Sussex. It is known for its pumpkin displays which I shall blog about later. It is on National Trust land...
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A cold and frosty morning
Most mornings I go for a walk really early, it wakes me up and I like the time to myself. Some mornings are better than others, today’s was beautiful due to a really heavy frost, and a large dose of...
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Winchester in the winter sunshine
You can always rely on Winchester for some beautiful doors and wreaths, plus a few surprises in the winter sunshine. My favourite thing to do is just wander around all the side streets with a camera in...
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Bosham
A walk around Bosham Harbour on a sunny and cold winters afternoon produced a few good finds. I was hoping for more beautiful sunsets, but it turned out that it was shades of blue that was waiting to...
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A small project
I have a small project on the go, its nice to see old traditions with not a piece of foam in sight! This is the before shots Once I start to take it apart it all looks like great stuff for a birds...
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Chartwell
I visited Chartwell some 18 years ago and felt the need to go back, all the 50th aniversary news of Winston Churchills death in the media reminded me how much I like Kent as a county. It was a freezing...
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Ightham Mote
Ightham Mote in Kent is well worth a visit, the last owner was a man called Charles Henry Robinson who was a direct descendant of a pilgrim who travelled to New England on the Mayflower, if it wasn’t...
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Ten things that made me smile
On a visit to Scotney Castle Garden in Kent I found ten things that made me smile, obviously there were lots more but these were some of my favourites. A stack of handwritten letters A painting given...
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Sissinghurst Castle Gardens
Vita Sackville West and her husband certainly made Sissinghurst Castle Gardens a beautiful place to visit, I would love to visit again when the gardens are in full bloom. The garden rooms are beautiful...
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The Oak and the Holly
At the moment I am reading a book called Sissinghurst an unfinished history by Adam Nicholson, who is the grandson of Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicolson, who made the garden at Sissinghurst....
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Cornwall
We have been to cornwall a few times now, the trip is on good roads if you time it right, we have never been in August and probably never will, its too busy for us then. We have done the children part...
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New web site
Our new web site www.alittlebitofnice.com is now up and running, it has taken far longer than we expected which accounts for some of the lack of blogs over the last few months. I have learnt that...
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Bristol Balloon Festival
A few weekends ago I was lucky enough to go to the Bristol Balloon Festival, I was apparently even more lucky that the weather was just perfect for all the balloons to take off on all three days....
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There’s nothing like a good auction
I do love a good auction, there is the casual looking around at the auction preview, rummaging for something special, then the thrill of the auction itself. Some times there are great bargains,...
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Running, who’d have thought.
I am not a very big person, especially in height, and for a long time have weighed 8.5 stone. However something weird has happened this last few years, I guess it’s age! I have always been active and...
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Escape
Very soon I am going to escape One of the places I’m escaping to is here I’m hoping to see lots of these types of places but in the mean time I have lots more of these to make To go with some lovely...
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Clifton revisited
Today was spent on a whistle stop tour to see my youngest son before he goes off to India, and to deliver a commissioned baby quilt, more about the quilt later. He has just moved to Clifton/Bristol and...
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Autumn has arrived.
I adore autumn and all the shapes and colours of pumpkins and gourds, almost as much as getting out all my cosy quilts and cushions and spicy candles. Bring on the good weekend TV and cosy evenings....
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