UK holiday
September-October 2003

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UK Holiday
12-09-2003 to 04-10-2003

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Day 1

12th September

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Our aircraft in Auckland.

Singapore

13th September

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We have a two day stopover in Singapore. This morning we are going on city tour.
This is little India.


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Colleen and the boys at a stall in China town.


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Orchids in the botanical gardens.


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Parkroyal Plaza Hotel swimming pool.


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The boys in the pool.

Singapore

14th September

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This morning we are taking a river cruise.


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Passing another river cruise boat.


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Wedding photos at the Merlion.
The Merlion is the official mascot of Singapore.


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Decorated Junk cruise at Clifford Pier.


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Restaurants along the river.


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This colourful building used to be the police station.


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Colleen and the boys.


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In the afternoon we went on the Cablecar from Mt. Faber to Sentosa Island.


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Beach Road.
Our hotel is on this road.

Kingskerswell

16th September

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Stadium Drive from No.23.

Round Robin Trip

17th September

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Today Jeremy is coming with us on the Round Robin Trip.
We are going to take the Paignton-Totnes-Dartmouth-Kingswear-Paignton route.
The first part of the trip is by open topped bus from Paignton to Totnes.
Jeremy leading us to Totnes town gate. We are exploring Totnes before our boat leaves.


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Boats moored on the misty Dart river.


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Waiting to board our boat to Dartmouth.


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The old wharf in Dartmouth.
Some of the scenes from the BBC series "Onedin Line" were filmed here.


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Looking across the Dart river to Kingswear.


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Jeremy, Colleen and Peter on the ferry to Kingswear.


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The steam engine at Kingswear that will take us back to Paignton.


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Passing Goodrington Sands in the train.


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And finally back in Paignton. Completing our Round Robin Trip.

Brixham

19th September

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To day we took the ferry from Torquay to have Cod and Chips for lunch in Brixham.
Arriving in Brixham.

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Afterwards we took the bus back to Torquay.

Plymouth

20th September

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We caught the train from Newton Abbot to Plymouth to visit Ali and Mat, Gerri and John.
As we arried at Edgecumbe Park for our picnic we saw this atomic submarine leaving Plymouth.


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After the picnic we took the car ferry back to plymouth.
At Plymouth Hoe we were shown the Grand National Hotel that had recently suffered a fire.

Coffinswell

21st September

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This afternoon we went to visit Matt's parents in Coffinswell village.


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A family photo before we leave Kingskerswell.