tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post9208820887328885109..comments2023-10-14T12:22:12.267+02:00Comments on Chez Charnizay: 5 Puddles!Niall & Antoinettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-42080914192520101302011-11-04T21:46:27.122+01:002011-11-04T21:46:27.122+01:00@Perpetua - Thanks :-) 19th Cent social history i...@Perpetua - Thanks :-) 19th Cent social history is well worth remembering. The actions were sorely needed at the time.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-10683282314988926702011-11-04T21:03:32.698+01:002011-11-04T21:03:32.698+01:00Lovely post. Mention of the Tolpuddle Martyrs take...Lovely post. Mention of the Tolpuddle Martyrs takes me straight back to O-Level history circa 1962. In Mid-Wales our claims to working-class activist fame are the Chartist uprising in the 1840s and being the birthplace of the social reformer Robert Owen.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-50969703714059486102011-11-04T13:00:49.835+01:002011-11-04T13:00:49.835+01:00@Jean - Apart from Wells it was all new to us too ...@Jean - Apart from Wells it was all new to us too :-) Glad we made the effort. VERY surpisingly we had easy runs both ways! Up we went via Oxford, M1, A1(M) and back via M74, M6 and then M5 to Gloucester.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-25059196395368673582011-11-04T11:24:26.031+01:002011-11-04T11:24:26.031+01:00Great post - fascinating. This is one of the part...Great post - fascinating. This is one of the parts of England that we have not explored. Getting around the UK is such hard work that we tend to stay local, so thanks for the little tour.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-11497688657050193052011-11-03T21:38:25.843+01:002011-11-03T21:38:25.843+01:00@Diane - I'd vaguely heard of the Tolpuddle Ma...@Diane - I'd vaguely heard of the Tolpuddle Martyrs but had no idea where the actual place was -- Niall [trust the historian] spotted it while we were looking at the map planning where to go on to after Weymouth.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-23077584890715780752011-11-03T18:52:03.920+01:002011-11-03T18:52:03.920+01:00I have never heard of the puddles before, I am bei...I have never heard of the puddles before, I am being educated :) Great post. DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-60750375468098510232011-11-02T19:28:15.807+01:002011-11-02T19:28:15.807+01:00@Anonymous - just wish we'd had more time to e...@Anonymous - just wish we'd had more time to explore properly--we will be back.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-42091048911760715352011-11-02T19:27:20.556+01:002011-11-02T19:27:20.556+01:00@LindyLou - nice to have you back in blog-land. Th...@LindyLou - nice to have you back in blog-land. The S/SW coast 'taster' was great and we'll def. go back for more. <br />Terrace even without tiles is looking good. Tiles will wait until spring--they're neatly stacked on a pallet and swathed in a tarp.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-8772036888967371002011-11-02T16:47:33.088+01:002011-11-02T16:47:33.088+01:00Thankyou for this post, Weymouth is my home town.Thankyou for this post, Weymouth is my home town.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-92162485120605727732011-11-02T11:49:43.647+01:002011-11-02T11:49:43.647+01:00Hi I am catching up with my blogging friends and y...Hi I am catching up with my blogging friends and you welcomed me home with some posts on some of my favourite places in the UK this morning. Thanks also for calling by and commenting while I was away. Well done also with all the terrace work, very familiar, it was much longer than two weeks waiting for cement to harden before we dressed ours though. It will be worth all the effort in the end.LindyLouMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282788551449445133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-57949857782503455382011-11-02T11:16:21.327+01:002011-11-02T11:16:21.327+01:00@Gaynor - I remember that on telly as well. We sha...@Gaynor - I remember that on telly as well. We shall go back as this was such a fleeting visit--more of a 'taster' than anything else. Even in poor weather [misting rain] the coast was specatuclar.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-48498146028443136172011-11-02T11:13:58.700+01:002011-11-02T11:13:58.700+01:00@ Jane & Lance - Thank you :-) We know Wells q...@ Jane & Lance - Thank you :-) We know Wells quite well but the rest of the day was all new. It is surprising how much you can pack in even on a 1 day visit. We shall definitely go back, the area was lovely!Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-90367089513996358882011-11-01T18:56:31.299+01:002011-11-01T18:56:31.299+01:00I remember David Attenborough 'finding' en...I remember David Attenborough 'finding' enormous ammonites at Chesil beach. We looked and couldn't find a thing! wonderful beach and wonderful area which we haven't visited for about 20 years. <br /><br />Time to go back .....GaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771539132515843977.post-1881654739473747192011-11-01T16:04:37.072+01:002011-11-01T16:04:37.072+01:00Hello Niall and Antoinette:
We have much enjoyed t...Hello Niall and Antoinette:<br />We have much enjoyed this, and the previous post on Wells, highlighting some of the time which you have recently spent in what is, to us, one of the loveliest parts of Southern England. For years we spent long weekends based in Lyme Regis and so do, consequently, know the area quite well. What a pity that the weather was not kinder for you, but notwithstanding you do seem to have got about and seen a great deal.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com