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Category Archives: Interesting facts

Hats off to Bridport

22 Comments Posted by Diane on September 19, 2010

The town where I live, Bridport, is busy trying to reinvent itself and drag itself upmarket and into the 21st century. When a local hotel revamped itself and became a ’boutique’ hotel, there were cries from camps both applauding the move and loathing it. When an old derelict cinema was renovated and opened as an [...]

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Mud and stuff

26 Comments Posted by Diane on April 7, 2010

These are the last few photographs from my sister’s visit to Dorset, the weather ranges from wet and windy through misty and cold and on the last day – the sun came out. I thought I would try out the new WordPress slideshow option – quite nice. My #2 son arrived home on Friday for [...]

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A hunting we will go….

30 Comments Posted by Diane on March 29, 2010

My sister and her husband are visiting Dorset. Yesterday, we decided to go to Lyme Regis. The weather wasn’t brilliant but at least the day started out dry. Compare this photograph of Lyme yesterday, with the second one of the same harbour in the summer…. The whole coastline in Dorset is a World Heritage site [...]

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A very good trip…

9 Comments Posted by Diane on March 17, 2010

I decided at fairly short notice, that I needed to go to London. My #2 son and two friends have just moved into a new flat, I needed to have a meeting with a client about the jewellery website I am designing for him and last but not least, my ex was in town (not [...]

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Excuses, excuses

16 Comments Posted by Diane on January 27, 2010

Well, the huge mountain of ‘things that need doing’ which I have been trying to run away from (and which must be attached to me by a long length of elastic) has finally smacked me in the back of the head and I have been forced into doing something about it. Consequently, I have been [...]