It could always be part of a trivvie reunion, but it does need to be booked months in advance, no last minute decisions!!!! Liz -----Original Message----- From: Gwen Wilkins [mailto:gwenda.wilkins@ntlworld.com] Sent: 28 July 2006 12:16 To: GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TRIVVIES] Anniversary Sounds lovely Liz...I looked on the website and rather fancy the' fish & chips on the train' outing!! Perhaps we'll go one day. Glad you enjoyed your anniversary. Gwen & Nick xx > > > Many thanks for the cards and anniversary wishes. We celebrated in quite > a > different style but just wish it had been a little bit cooler!!! > > We both left work a little early so we had time to come home and get ready > to go out. Lovely casual clothes needed for our evening and we packed our > cameras too. We drove out through Lindfield and the country lane through > Walstead before joining the main road through to Scaynes Hill and onto > North > Chailey. We then took a left turn and drove along the road through the > countryside until we found a favourite car park on the left. Here we were > within about a hundred yards of the Meridian Line (I hasten to add that we > were nowhere near Greenwich). We parked our car and walked with the other > people up the drive to olur destination. No rain, nor hailstones, nor > wedding party (Val - get my drift?), nor was there any evidence of wartime > (Sue?). At 6pm we were served our meal of fish and chips with a lovely > chunk of baquette, all washed down with a cup of tea, although we could > have > had wine, beer or soft drinks (in fact we did have a Coke) before we left. > We had a lovely view from our table, in fact everybody did. Cows with > their > calves, sheep with their lambs, green fields now parched amongst the > beautiful trees of the Sussex countryside. There was a couple next to us > who were celebrating their 1st anniversary, families, two people with > special needs in wheelchairs accompanied by their carers. > > In fact our view of the countryside kept changing as we sat back and > listened to the steady "dumpetydump, dumpetydump" as our steam loco hauled > the train from Sheffield Park to Kingscote. There was time to get outside > for some cooler air and their were some beautiful roses in the garden > (Kingscote were quite well know for these). Coming back we leant back in > our seats, replete (in fact too replete!!!), and enjoyed the slower pace. > All too soon (although it was 1hr 30min later) we were back at Sheffield > Park and it was time to get back in the car to come home. We came back a > different route (down past the elephant place where we had coffee last > year > Sue) and all along the country lanes, back under the Bluebell railway, and > along more lanes until we arrived back at Walstead and a return journey > back > through Lindfield to home. > > Although you weren't able to be with us, I do hope you were able to be > there > in your imagination. http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/ > > Liz > > > > > > > ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== > RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST > Today's Memories will be of interest to our Descendants. But for this to > happen they need to be told. This List is here for just this to happen. > ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST Today's Memories will be of interest to our Descendants. But for this to happen they need to be told. This List is here for just this to happen. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/402 - Release Date: 27/07/2006

Hi All! Just to let you know that I've temporarily unsubscribed since Pauline and I are off to take care of our grandsons for a couple of weeks. Trivie hugs from Wales Paul