Family History Tour 2016
This morning we drove to Plymouth to see the harbour where the HMS Agincourt had left for South Australia with Isaac and Elizabeth Steer. There is so much history attached to this one harbour. It was very interesting strolling around. We found a most magical tea room in a 500 year old building. Mum and Dad had a pasty, Aunty Jean had Crab Bisque and Merady had a Ploughman’s Lunch. We washed it all down with tea in sweet little china tea cups. This tea room existed at the time Isaac and Elizabeth left, and we wondered if they had also dined here...
On our way home we had a look at Okehampton Castle ruins. We
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Plymouth
July 02, 2016
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Plymouth
This morning we drove to Plymouth to see the harbour where the HMS Agincourt had left for South Australia with Isaac and Elizabeth Steer. There is so much history attached to this one harbour. It was very interesting strolling around. We found a most magical tea room in a 500 year old building. Mum and Dad had a pasty, Aunty Jean had Crab Bisque and Merady had a Ploughman’s Lunch. We washed it all down with tea in sweet little china tea cups. This tea room existed at the time Isaac and Elizabeth left, and we wondered if they had also dined here...
On our way home we had a look at Okehampton Castle ruins. We
chose not to pay the fee to walk around as it was rather steep and slippery with the wet weather.
1.
Chapter one - Getting ready to go
2.
Chapter Two - Off to London
3.
A day in London.
4.
The Ashes
5.
Off to Capers Farm
6.
Brighton and beyond
7.
Lingfield and Crawley
8.
The Arrival
9.
Off to the Isle of Wight
10.
Jacobs Family History
11.
More Jacobs Family History
12.
Our last day on the island.
13.
Off to the west country
14.
Rest Day
15.
Plymouth
16.
Bath and Devizes
17.
The Cotswold Show
18.
Wales
19.
Back to London
20.
Taking the Eurostar to Paris
21.
Paris
22.
Off to Singapore
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