This morning we decided a family road trip would be doable and so packed our car to the rafters and headed down the coast to Pagham, a small seaside village near Chichester, and also the site of my family home.
The weather was glorious and the whole family enjoyed time lying on the beach chatting and relaxing before a lovely lunch in a quaint beach cafe followed by a trip to the local parish church to visit my great grandparents grave.
The children were enchanted by the history my mom was able to tell them about my paternal family and it was fun to drive around finding houses that used to belong to aunt and uncles and to see "White Rock" restored to it's former glory after years and years of neglect.
10 comments:
oh how fantastic - what a stunning trip down memory lane for your mother and for her to be able to explain and teach it all - looked like a great day was had by all - so happy for you!
You look gorgeous my friend!
What a lovely family outing - and how well you are looking!
so what I was SAYING the FIRST time i tried to comment!....was how lovely that you cna take this trip down memory lane with Jill and reminisce....more ties that bind you to your beautiful EnGland GF....lad your newborn baby fog is lifting xxx
Wow that was a fantastic day & such a great thing to share with younger generations. The weather looks wonderful enjoy your summer.
You are looking SO VERY good my friend. Stunning photos...so glad you had that outing, it must have been medicine for the soul. It is still so odd to see beaches with pebbles in stead of sand.
xx
Beach with stones I find hard to picture enjoyable..but your pictures make it look really lovely.
Hey White Rock looks good,they were doing it up when we saw it. Is the old cottage stilll further sown the road. It is 14C and the front was right on the road/
Oh ...... PAGHAM BEACH????????????
When Tim was born My mother and I used to go down to Beach Rd and load up his pram with drift wood so we could keep warm ..... it was 1945
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