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Nicki and I had a lovely holiday over the August Bank Holiday visiting
the White Horse at Uffington, Wayland Smithy and the famous stone circle
at Avebury. But for the Bank Holiday Monday we had decided to make it a
Wendy day. As the weather had been wonderfully warm all week I had only
packed a denim mini-skirt (one Nicki had recently bought me) but the
weather that day turned out to be rather cooler and overcast. That meant
that blending in was going to prove to be a little trickier than I
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Our first port of call all was Aldborough, a small town that was used at
a location for the famous Doctor Who story 'The Daemons'. Nicki hadn't
been before and I wanted to show her around. We also took the
opportunity for a few photos too (though as the digital camera had given
up the ghost my now it was back to film)! After a tour around the inside
of the church, we headed back to the car and decided we need a little
shopping. |
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The nearest small town was
Hungerford so that is where we headed next. Having parked the car we
walked into the town and investigated the shopping opportunities. Sadly,
it seemed that most shops were closed for the day. We did find one
clothes outlet and Nicki tried on a few tops but I didn't see anything I
fancied. It did become apparent that I was wearing the shortest skirt in
town. In fact we didn't actually see another woman in a skirt all day. |
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 Lunchtime
was fast approaching so we hunted out a restaurant near the canal, and
went in for a meal. After our meal we went for a walk along the canal.
In my usual oblivious manner I failed to notice the attention my short
skirt was attracting but Nicki assured me I was causing quite a few
people to look more than once. So, at the first opportunity, we left the
canal side and went to look around in the nearby church. Church visits
have become a bit of a habit with us these days as we like to look at
the architecture and Nicki enjoys looking for dragon motifs amongst the
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We needed some food shopping
so we headed to the local Safeway. As we walked around, Nicki noticed we
had picked up a group of young lads who seemed to be following us at a
distance. That made us quicken our steps a little but they didn't
approach or call out. I'm hopeful that they just liked my legs! |
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round off the day we decided to visit the ancient hill fort of Barbury
Castle. We had assumed it would be quite quiet up there but in fact it
turned out to be surrounded by a country park, packed with people flying
kites and playing various ball games. But that seemed to present no
problems and we happily found our way to the fort itself and managed one
snap before we ran out of film. As you can see it was pretty windy but
the wig stayed on my head if not in perfect shape. And the draught
around my legs was invigorating too! |
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Returning to the hotel after
a fun day I reflected that perhaps, in future, site seeing trips might
best be undertaken in jeans. But I still treasure the memories of the
day. |
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Nicki and I had a lovely holiday over the August Bank Holiday visiting
the White Horse at Uffington, Wayland Smithy and the famous stone circle
at Avebury. But for the Bank Holiday Monday we had decided to make it a
Wendy day. As the weather had been wonderfully warm all week I had only
packed a denim mini-skirt (one Nicki had recently bought me) but the
weather that day turned out to be rather cooler and overcast. That meant
that blending in was going to prove to be a little trickier than I
originally envisaged.
Our first port of call all was Aldborough, a small town that was used at
a location for the famous Doctor Who story 'The Daemons'. Nicki hadn't
been before and I wanted to show her around. We also took the
opportunity for a few photos too (though as the digital camera had given
up the ghost my now it was back to film)! After a tour around the inside
of the church, we headed back to the car and decided we need a little
shopping.
Lunchtime
was fast approaching so we hunted out a restaurant near the canal, and
went in for a meal. After our meal we went for a walk along the canal.
In my usual oblivious manner I failed to notice the attention my short
skirt was attracting but Nicki assured me I was causing quite a few
people to look more than once. So, at the first opportunity, we left the
canal side and went to look around in the nearby church. Church visits
have become a bit of a habit with us these days as we like to look at
the architecture and Nicki enjoys looking for dragon motifs amongst the
decoration.
To
round off the day we decided to visit the ancient hill fort of Barbury
Castle. We had assumed it would be quite quiet up there but in fact it
turned out to be surrounded by a country park, packed with people flying
kites and playing various ball games. But that seemed to present no
problems and we happily found our way to the fort itself and managed one
snap before we ran out of film. As you can see it was pretty windy but
the wig stayed on my head if not in perfect shape. And the draught
around my legs was invigorating too!