Wednesday, 18 July 2018

'splaining the ' names '

LGW  is London Gatwick Airport, our destination
               a sprawling shopping centre designed to look like an airport - oh, planes do land there



Ashford, Surrey is the home village of our hosts, M's cousins

Hayes      is their former home and the location of Sainsburys or                       my favourite grocery store in the UK
Staines     is a city close by Ashford


Bournemouth is a recreational city on the South coast
Swanage         is a resort town slightly over from Bournemouth
Milford-on-Sea is a beach town, 30 minutes from Bournemouth
Hampton Court is a showpiece complex w/ much historical                                        significance
Windsor is the location of the castle, race course and Princes'                           estates. We shopped in the Royal stores, on site

races  were at Windsor
flowers were the Flower Show at Hampton Court

Marine House was the B/B in Milford
the Breezer is the bus or how you get to Swanage from Bournemouth
Hermitage is the older Hotel ( B/B really ) in Bournemouth
Wheatsheaf is a local pub just on the edge of Ashford
Boots is the drug store chain
West Close our away address for 2 weeks



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