Blogs from Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 24

It was usual day. At first I had lessons. We studied present perfect simple. It was easy for me because I had known this before.We wrote about biography and life of famouse peple. We should use present perfect. After lessons we had afternoon activities. I was in the computer centre because I like to spent time in the chats. After dinner I started to the evening activities. When I came home I was very tired there fore I went to sleep.... read more

We went in bristol the last saturday. We only see a dynamic museum. It was very funny and I enjoy a lot on the museum because I play with all knob. then I we went to buy chothes and suvenirs. I don't like the trip a lot but only the way because is very long and for me the bus it was very unconfortable. In my opinion bristol is very similar to weymouth so i prefer stay here.... read more

Got caught in a bit of traffic, so a bit longer to reach Ed’s than expected, so he was starving by the time I turned up, so we headed straight out, on foot, to Frankie & Benny’s for a very nice meal (I seem to keep saying that, there’s lots of nice food everywhere I go), with a bit of wine, and another good catch up - our family really doesn’t see each other than often! Back to the house for a bit of a look on Facebook and caught up with Hannah’s wedding pictures - lots of them! Then crashed out… Ed had gone to work by the time I woke up. Spent the morning on the internet, sorting out car tax, on Facebook, looking up a few travel bits and bobs, and want my ... read more

We have about an hour for dedicated writing time this morning, which I spend overlooking an amazing cove of deep green water. (For any chemists out there, it looks like the color of copper in solution.) The rocks are red and it reminds me of southern Utah in a way. After the writing’s done, we set out on a long hike down the coast to Weymouth, a classic English beach holiday town. I think this hike was my favorite so far. We hiked the cliffs along the coast, which are chalky white and completely perfect. No wonder this coast is a world heritage site—and no wonder I saw a sign saying you aren’t allowed to take photography for publication without written permission, although I find it very strange to in this way “copyright” a coastline. But ... read more

Glasgow to SwanageGeoff Burt It’s sometime since we’ve taken the opportunity to make blog entries so consequently this is on the first full morning in Swanage on the coast of Dorset in England. This is where John William Cole Burt and his wife and kids lived before emigrating to Australia about 150 years ago. Get your atlas out! JWCB was Geoff’s great great grandfather and was a stonemason and occasional farmer when he lived here. We’ve been here before but there is something about a place where you know many of your forebears lived and worked for so many years in the past. Hard to imagine exactly what the town looked like then but certainly unpaved roads were the norm. A relative (if not direct) George Burt played a very significant role in the development of ... read more