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Skools out for Summer #98
Posted by Viv Wilson on 19th August 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel,downton abbey,period drama,history,ghosts,library,Spain,Majorca,greece,portugal,morroco,mediaeval banquets,bullfight,camels,stately home,my dad bought a mansion,holiday,summer
...s package holidays were becoming very popular my parents decided to book a two week holiday abroad. My dad had always wanted to go to Greece to see all the temples but was a bit disappointed when he got there. Most of the temples were in ruins and once you’ve seen one ruin you’ve pretty much seen them all! The Acropolis was quite impressive though. I loved being abroad – the weather was so hot and the sea was always warm. Cold climes don’t suit me as I feel the cold so much so I would always be outdoors as soon as the sun was out - most of my summer holidays were spent in the gardens weeding whilst listening to Radio 1 on my little portable rad...SKOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER! #13
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st June 1973 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,kasbah,bull fighting,meynell,uttoxeter,streaker,mediaeval banquets,greece,acropolis,majorca,portugal,spain,caves of drach,flamenco,morroco
...s package holidays were becoming very popular my parents decided to book us a two week holiday abroad. We always went around the beginning of August as soon as the schools were out for the summer. My dad had always wanted to go to Greece to see all the temples but was a bit disappointed when he got there. Most of the temples were in ruins and once you’ve seen one ruin you’ve pretty much seen them all! The Acropolis was quite impressive though. I loved being abroad – the weather was so hot and the sea was always warm. Cold climes don’t seem to suit me and I would always be outdoors as soon as the sun was out - most of my summer holidays were...
Racing travels #40
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th July 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Nurburgring,Hockenheim,Monza,Europe,VW,Germany,Switzerland,Greece,Portugal,Florence
...RACING TRAVELS: During the 1960s my dad travelled all over Europe with his racing team. The header photo shows him with his VW van with his racing car on the back. He usually took two mechanics with him who were friends of his who just loved racing and volunteered their services for a free holiday abroad! He went to all the big racing circuits: Hockenheim, Nurburgring and Monza, travelling across Europe to get to them. He always came back with lots of funny stories to tell. Because the van he used wasn't brand new it would sometimes break down but at least he had two mechanics with him - however, getting parts wasn't easy in the 1960s, especially...
Aristocratic travels Part 2
Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd July 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,hoar cross hall,Ariadne,African,mediterranean
...ARISTOCRATIC TRAVELS PART 2: During the latter part of the 1800s Emily Charlotte Meynell travelled around the Mediterranean on board her schooner, Ariadne, recording her travels in her many diaries and drawing books, as mentioned in my previous blog. I have now found the photo of her yacht and one of her paintings; she was a skilled water colour artist as you can see but had a particular affection for nautical subjects. One particular holiday around Nice in the South of France with her brother Charles is documented by the water-colour paintings they both made. Soon after her husband Hugo's death in 1871, she embarked on a Mediterranean tour with her...
Skools out for summer! #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st September 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Europe,Spain,Portugal,Library,streaker,Caves of Drach,Radio 1,ghost
...s package holidays were becoming very popular my parents decided to book us a two week holiday abroad. We always went around the beginning of August as soon as the schools were out for the summer. My dad had always wanted to go to Greece to see all the temples but was a bit disappointed when he got there. Most of the temples were in ruins and once you’ve seen one ruin you’ve pretty much seen them all! The Acropolis was quite impressive though. I loved being abroad – the weather was so hot and the sea was always warm. Cold climes don’t seem to suit me and I would always be outdoors as soon as the sun was out - most of my summer holidays were spent in the...Skools out for summer #13
Posted by Viv Wilson on 26th July 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Greece,Spain,Portugal,Caves of drach,Victorian,Library,camels,bullfight,Bridgerton,Downton Abbey
...s package holidays were becoming very popular my parents decided to book us a two week holiday abroad. We always went around the beginning of August as soon as the schools were out for the summer. My dad had always wanted to go to Greece to see all the temples but was a bit disappointed when he got there. Most of the temples were in ruins and once you’ve seen one ruin you’ve pretty much seen them all! The Acropolis was quite impressive though. I loved being abroad – the weather was so hot and the sea was always warm - I would always be outdoors as soon as the sun was out. Most of my summer holidays were spent in the gardens weeding whilst listening to Radi...