Danskcolin: Wednesday 21 August 2019 – Tuesday 27 August 2019

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Lois and I drive south to the coast - we have booked a mini apartment in the port city of Poole for 5 nights. The apartment turns out to be brand new but much more cramped than expected - a mini mini kitchen with very limited cooking facilities to put it mildly: only one electric hotplate. A super bathroom but a bedroom almost completely filled with a double bed and a TV screen high up on the wall. No living room or armchairs - damn! We spend most of our time lying on the bed, except when we are eating or taking a shower. More suitable for younger couples, we think, than for old crows like us.

on the way to Poole we have a lunch break near the small town of Melksham,

at the local Subway restaurant

we take a second break at Oli & Nic's café,

located just outside the small town of Blandford Forum

our mini-flat's double bed where we spend most of our time

because of the lack of space - yikes !!!!

Due to the lack of cooking facilities, we decide to eat a substantial lunch in the town every day and have just a light meal in the evenings at the apartment.

I sit down with the laptop and see an interesting photo from our 6-year-old grandchildren's classroom in Perth, Australia: it turns out that 12 of the class's approx. 20 children were born in other countries, with 5 born in England (including our grandchildren Lily and Jessie).

Thursday, August 22, 2019

We spend the day in Poole's port area and have fish and chips at one of the local restaurants.

I see on the web another interesting photo from Lily and Jessie's elementary school class in Perth, Australia. The kids today have had the chance to go to school dressed up as one of their favourite superheroes, which must have been fun.

Friday, August 23, 2019

We spend the day in the small seaside town of Swanage: unfortunately, we get involved in huge traffic jams on the road, because the usual car ferry was unfortunately out of service - damn!

the route from Poole to Swanage: unfortunately there were huge

traffic jams on the roads because the car ferry was out of service - damn!

children queue up to give a shilling

to the town of Swanage's famous "dead pirate"

Saturday, August 24, 2019

We spend the morning in the small village of Wimborne, a little north of Poole, and have lunch at a café next to the village's tiny river.

In the afternoon we drive to the nearby seaside town of Bournemouth - we have been invited to Lois's cousin Brian and his wife Ruth's 60th wedding anniversary party at their local church.

When Brian and Ruth got married in Bournemouth 60 years ago, Lois was one of the 3 bridesmaids.

some of Brian and Ruth's 60th wedding anniversary cards,

including one from Queen Elizabeth

Picture above: from left to right: Terry (the best man), Brian, Ruth, with

Ann and Lois (the two surviving bridesmaids)

Jessica, one of Brian and Ruth's many grandchildren

sings pop singer Paramore's hit "Still into You", which

was appropriate

the pop singer Paramore, who sang the song originally

Sunday, August 25, 2019

Today is Lois' and my 47th wedding anniversary, but we have decided to postpone celebration until tomorrow. Lois is going to church this morning and this afternoon we have promised to visit my cousin Peter, who lives in a nursing home in Bournemouth - he is unfortunately suffering from vascular dementia, but we are very pleased to see that he has not lost his sense of humour, which is a bit of a relief, to put it mildly. But he stays lying on his back in his bed during our entire visit, which is a bit of a shame: he can't move at all without the help of his carers.

Monday, August 26, 2019

We check out of our mini mini apartment in Poole and drive over to a hotel just outside the town of Romsey and check in. We are soon in full swing celebrating our 47th wedding anniversary with a gigantic afternoon nap, a local gin and tonic and a delicious dinner at the hotel's restaurant, where a top-rated chef is in charge of the kitchens - yum yum yum!

Our 47th Wedding Anniversary Dinner

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

We drive over to Haslemere, Surrey to visit our daughter Alison and her family for a few days.

Danish translation

Onsdag den 21. august 2019

Lois og jeg kører sydpå til kysten – vi har reserveret en mini-lejlighed i havnebyen Poole i 5 nætter. Lejligheden viser sig at være splinterny men meget trangere, end forventet – en mini-minikøkken med meget begrænsede madlavningsfaciiteter for at sige mildt: kun én elektrisk kogeplade. En super badeværelse men en soveværelse næsten fuldstændigt fyldt af en dobbeltseng og en tv-skærm højt oppe på væggen. Ingen stue eller lænestole – pokkers! Vi bruger hovedparten af tiden på at ligge på sengen, bortset fra, når vi er i gang med at spise eller tage et brusebad. Mere passende for yngre par, synes vi, end for gamle krager som os.

vi tager en frokostpause i nærheden af den lille by Melksham,

på den lokale Subway-restauranten

vi tager en 2. pause på Oli & Nic’s café,

der ligger lidt udenfor den lille by Blandford Forum

den dobbeltseng, hvor vi tilbringer hovedparten af vores tid

på grund af manglen på plads – yikes!!!!

På grund af manglen af madlavningsfaciliteter beslutter vi at spise hver dag en væsentlig frokost i byen og spiser let om aftenen i lejligheden.

Jeg sætter mig med den bærebare, og ser et interessant foto fra vores 6-årige børnebørns klasseværelse i Perth, Australien: det viser sig at 12 ud af klassens ca. 20 børn var født i andre lande, herunder 5 i England (inklusive vores børnebørn Lily og Jessie).

Torsdag den 22. august 2019

Vi tilbringer dagen i Pooles havn-område og spiser fish and chips i en af de lokale restauranter.

fotos

Jeg ser på nettet et andet interessant foto fra Lily og Jessies folkeskoleklasse i Perth, Australien. Børnene har i dag haft chancen for at gå i skole klædt ud som én af deres yndlingssuperhelte, hvilket må have været morsomt.

Fredag den 23. august 2019

Vi tilbringer dagen i den lille havneby Swanage: desværre bliver vi involveret i enorme trafikpropper på vej, på grund af, at den sædvanlige bilfærge desværre var ude af tjeneste – pokkers!

ruten fra Poole til Swanage: desværre var der enorme

trafikpropper på vejene fordi bilfærgen var ude af tjeneste – pokkers!

børn står i kø at give nogle skillinger til byen Swanages berømte ”døde sørøver”

Lørdag den 24. august 2019

Vi tilbringer formiddagen i den lille landsby Wimborne, der ligger lidt nord for Poole, og spiser frokost på en café ved siden af landsbyens lillebitte flod.

Om eftermiddagen kører vi til den nærliggende havneby Bournemouth – vi er blevet inviteret til Lois’ fætter Brian og hans kone Ruths 60. bryllupsdagfest i deres lokale kirke.

Da Brian og Ruth giftede sig i Bournemouth for 60 år siden, var Lois én af de 3 brudepiger.

nogle af Brian og Ruths 60. bryllupsdagkort, inklusive ét fra dronning Elizabeth

(sidste foto) fra venstre til højre: Terry (forloveren), Brian, Ruth,

Ann og Lois (de to overlevende brudepiger)

Jessica, én af Brian og Ruths mange børnebørn

synger popsangeren Paramores hit ”Still into You”, hvilket

var passende

popsangeren Paramore, der sang sangen oprindeligt

Søndag den 25. august 2019

I dag er Lois’ og min 47. bryllupsdag, men vi har besluttet at udskyde den indtil i morgen. Lois skal til kirken i formiddag, og i eftermiddag har vi lovet at besøge min fætter Peter, der bor i et plejehjem i Bournemouth – han lider desværre af vaskulær demens, men vi er meget glade for at kunne se, at han ikke har mistet sin humoristisk sans, hvilket er lidt af en lettelse, for at sige mildt. Men han bliver liggende på ryggen i sin seng under hele vores besøg, hvilket er lidt af en skam: han kan overhovedet ikke bevæge sig uden hjælp af sine plejere.

Mandag den 26. august 2019

Vi tjekker ud af vores mini-minilejlighed i Poole og kører over til et hotel lidt udenfor byen Romsey og tjekker ind. Vi er snart i fuld gang med at fejre vores 47. bryllupsdag med en gigantisk eftermiddagslur, en lokal gin og tonic og en lækker middag på hotellets restaurant, hvor en toptunet chef står for køkkenerne - yum yum yum!