Monthly Archives: July 2024
Kennet Avon Canal
We might have been more reluctant to leave Timsbury, had it not been for the telecom heavy machinery that arrived this morning, and promptly began digging up the road in noisy fashion. For a quiet country village, there has been a lot going on this week. With a relatively short drive to Shrewton, we hung […]
Somerset Coal Towns
Drama notwithstanding, our aim today was to visit Paulton, and in particular, the Holy Trinity Church, where my 3 times great grandfather, Silas (aka Cyrus) Simes, a coal mine bailiff, married Lavinia Wheeler, on 27 December 1819. It was Silas and Lavinia’s son, David, who left Paulton for Bath, then decided to emigrate to Australia, […]
High Drama on the High Street
Timsbury is a small, sleepy Somerset village, much like the other small, sleepy Somerset villages surrounding it. Nothing ever happens here. Until today … Ian woke up to see a fire truck going past, at 6am. Oddly, he thought nothing of it and went back to sleep. When we got up properly at 8am, we […]
Rain Rain Go Away
It was a remarkably quiet night in Southampton, no doubt something to do with the scoreline in the Euro Championships final (2-1 in Spain’s favour). Just as we were ready to leave the apartment, the rain began. We’d been tossing up between taking an Uber or the train to the airport, to pick up our […]
It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
Dipidydoo is on the road again! The Debbie and Ian half took flight for the UK, and the Pete and Ilze half will be heading to other far-flung parts of the world in the near future. Our paths don’t cross on these trips, but our timings overlap a little. So you will hear from all […]
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