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  • Christmas Carol drone show

    Christmas Carol drone show

    I want you to wrap up warm for this weekend’s coffee share. This week, I am inviting you to join Bill and me at a drone show. Public art can take many forms but this must be one of the more unusual entries. A group of us went to watch the classic Christmas eve story,…

  • What’s been on my calendar in December in Bristol

    What’s been on my calendar in December in Bristol

    This week I am inviting you to share a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie with me in Bristol as it is almost Christmas. It is fun to be in Bristol at Christmas. There is always a large Christmas market in Broadmead and a vintage Christmas fun fair in Millennium Square complete with…

  • Treefest at St. Mary Redcliffe Bristol

    Treefest at St. Mary Redcliffe Bristol

    If I was having coffee with you today I would probably complain about the weather. We are in the middle of storm Darragh and have high winds and heavy rain. I found out that the weather station that gets to record the storm first gets to name it and Darragh made landfall in Ireland. A…

  • St. Mary Redcliffe Pipe Walk

    St. Mary Redcliffe Pipe Walk

    If I was having coffee with you this weekend, I might tell you about an interesting and unusual walk I went on recently. Many years ago, I studied medieval history at university. I still find it interesting to learn more about traditions that have carried on for hundreds of years. So, when a friend told…

  • Henley on Thames for the day

    Henley on Thames for the day

    This week for Natalie’s coffee share I am inviting you to join Bill and me in Henley on Thames. It was our first visit and I was not sure what to expect. I know that it is a small town built on a meander of the River Thames between Reading and Windsor. It is the…

  • Afternoon tea at the Globe Theatre

    Afternoon tea at the Globe Theatre

    This week I would like to invite you to join my son Richard and me for afternoon tea in London. We enjoyed the traditional sandwiches, scones and little cakes at the Swan Restaurant next to the Globe Theatre in Southwark. Richard lives in London and he suggested that we celebrate his birthday with a traditional…

  • A Bristol harbour boat trip aboard John Cabot’s ship the Mathew

    A Bristol harbour boat trip aboard John Cabot’s ship the Mathew

    If I was having coffee with you this week, I would tell you that I have ticked another item off my Bristol bucket list. Bill and I went for a trip round Bristol harbour aboard the Mathew. The sailing ship is a replica of the boat that John Cabot sailed from Bristol to Newfoundland in…

  • Local Artists and Their Masterpieces at Upfest in Bristol

    Local Artists and Their Masterpieces at Upfest in Bristol

    My camera roll for July is mainly South Bristol Street art. If I was having coffee with you, I would tell you about our second visit to Upfest. one of the largest street art festivals in Europe took place in Bedminster and Southville in Bristol in May. It attracted over 300 artists and about 50,000…