No sooner had grandpa arrived that he departed…for a splendid day out on the Mid-Hants Watercress Line!
The weather, was bland, bordering on pouring rain (luckily not until we got home).  However, that made for some great lighting for my photos — see our gallery!
This is a steam train line that has many engines and rolling [...]

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Today, it was my turn to introduce another generation of Reeves-Halls (and a Popova) to the wonders of a magical airshow.  Okay, probably more magical to me because of the nostalgia angle (hey, I am 40 now).
Photos, as usual, are in this website’s photos section — better: look at them in our new gallery!
The parking [...]

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About The Place…

The Intech Science Centre and Planetarium is just outside Winchester. Its spread across two floors and includes a planetarium which is linked to the main pyramid by a small corridor. There is an outside picnic area and a café.
 

The menu [...]

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About The Place…
Here’s a recipe for a great day out with the kids: Hike up Winchester’s St. Catherine’s Hill at Twyford Down to reach its Mizmaze; and then around its top before heading down the other size to stroll along the Itchen River.
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Daddy took Tolii into London today for a “day out with Daddy”.
We started the day by missing our 9:12 train because Tosha was dilly-dallying over his breakfast (he does eat it eventually). But hey, it was a day off for daddy, so who really cares?
There was a distraction: the dinosaur eggs that Tolii and [...]

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Last Sunday, we visited London to take Tolii to the slides at Tate Modern. It is (was) an artistic installation of Carsten Höller, a German artist now living in Stockholm. For the record, these “sculptures” were called Test Site.
For Tolii (and daddy) they were just some fantastically huge slides! Tolii wasn’t tall [...]

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