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August 30th 2023

Published: September 13th 2023

Guernsey The cruise ship can’t dock on this little island, so a tender pulls up to the side of the ship and up to 150 people cram into it for the short ride to shore. It was rough. Anybody with mobility issues would have trouble navigating on and off the tender. The Channel Islands are closer to France than England and were the only British territory occupied during the Second World War. The G... Read Full Entry

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Peter and Dianne Wilson

ToBeContinued

In July 2011, Dianne and I returned from three fabulous years in China where Dianne was an administrator for Maple Leaf International Schools. To read about our China adventures, click WilsonsInChina. Dianne spent the next 4 years as an administrator in three elementary schools in B.C. In September, 2015 she officially retired. So what happens now? The nickname of this blog is ToBeContinued for a reason... ... full info

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Model of the Luisitania

This model was carved by a chap who was a carpenter aboard the ship in 1908-1914. It was made from a piece of damaged teak handrail when the ship was in port for an overhaul.

Old and new architecture

I think I like the old stuff better

We must be in Scotland!

Pipers greeted us as we got off the ship along with some very cheery volunteers. A great welcome.

Love the architecture

Sign of the times?

No, not another church. Well, it was a church but has now been converted to a furniture store.

The McLean Museum

Purpose built as a museum in the 1870s by James McLean to highlight the wonders of the town. He was right.

Baptismal font

We thought this was a bit odd as there wasn't much room to insert a child for christening. The two lovely volunteers pointed out it normally was completely closed and raised on a pulley system for baptisms. We had a great chat with them

Egypt collection

We didn't expect to see a collection of Egyptian artificats as well as some stuffed lions and assorted trophies.

Portable swimming pool

We have seen a lot of ship models in our travels so far. This one was unique! Built in 1879, the baths were on a 120' barge and offerred "sea bathing in perfection, safety, security and comfort". It sank in a storm in 1881.

The Esplanade

It seemed to go on forever but as we turned to return to the ship, the sign said we had only gone one mile. The houses along the Esplanade were lovely and had been the homes of the wealthy.

Cute fund raisers

Attached to most of the benches along the Esplanade were cute little hand-crocheted woolly things encouraging you to donate to CHAS-Childrens Hospices around Scotland. We have many pictures, I chose only one.

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