A research day at last!
I spent the best part of an hour on Thursday morning on Facetime with Blake, as he looked (again) through my wallets and bag at home for the missing licence. I had thought that it could have been lost at … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: August 2018
A disastrous day!
Wednesday was the designated day for me to hit the research venues so I was up bright and early ready to find out more about the elusive ancestors. I decided that my first port of call would be the British … Continue reading →
Bath, Lacock & Avebury
Tuesday was another tourist day (yes, I can hear you all asking – when is she EVER going to do some family history research?). We had booked this back in Australia because it looked interesting and the company (Rabbies) only … Continue reading →
Westminster to Greenwich
Sunday was a wet, wet day so we hoped that the forecasts were right and Monday, the bank holiday, would be better. Well, it was to some extent. It didn’t rain but there was cloud all day and it was … Continue reading →
A right Royal day
Sunday was our day to check out royalty and some quite wonderful exhibitions. We also discovered that local residents jealously guard their street parking spaces and can get quite peeved if someone takes their spot. Across the street from us … Continue reading →
Close, but no cigar
I was up this morning at 3am, about my normal time on some days at home, so have been catching up on sorting photos, answering emails and writing this post. The other thing I have had to do is convert … Continue reading →
A long weekend
There is a public holiday on Monday, making this a long weekend so yesterday was apparently extremely busy on the roads and trains as well as ferries across to Europe. I had intended to head out to the National Archives … Continue reading →
Our first day in London
Our flight from Perth was the first one into Heathrow so moving through immigration and customs was a breeze. However, probably because it was one of the first on, our suitcase (and others which came from Brisbane) was one of … Continue reading →
The flights over
An relatively uneventful flight from Brisbane to Perth to London and we are now safely ensconced in the flat in Kensington. The flight from Brisbane to Perth was very good and the cabin crew was excellent. When one of my … Continue reading →
We’re on our way!
I am writing this on the plane as we wing our way to Perth. This is one of the very few QANTAS flights which has WiFi so here I am tapping away on the iPad while we wait for lunch … Continue reading →