Last Sunday was a very wet day – not the best way for being out and about – but as part of the ongoing Heritage Open Days Weekend I went on a tour of two boats which arer moored in Gloucester Docks. Continue reading
As the Heritage Open Days weekend continued, on Saturday I drove in to Tetbury where the Market House (the big famous building with the clock tower, right in the middle of Tetbury) was open, with an exhibition inside all about life in Tetbury during the First & Second World Wars. Continue reading
The national Heritage Open Days event is taking place at the moment and this week I found some places locally to go and visit. Continue reading
After my visit to Glenda Spooner Farm on Wednesday, I found that just 10 minutes drive away was the Haynes Motor Museum. With over 300 vehicles at the museum, it is the UK’s largest collection of cars and motorcycles. Continue reading
My therapist is still on holiday this week so I went on another day trip to visit horses – this time I went to Somerset to visit a World Horse Welfare centre; Glenda Spooner Farm near Somerton. Continue reading
This year we had booked to see a performance of Folk Songs & Dances. I picked it because the programme included a local composer – Ralph Vaughan Williams, who came from Down Ampney, just a short drive from home. Plus Percy Grainger’s arrangement of Country Gardens. Continue reading