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Month: October 2015

Road Trip(7a) The FFFF service

Posted on October 25, 2015 by chris-coates

After a somewhat make shift breakfast of fresh bread & honey we head off in a north westerly direction towards Shropshire. Great drive along the coast road where we stopped to take in the view of Cardigan Bay before stopping Continue reading Road Trip(7a) The FFFF service→

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Road Trip (7); the goalposts keep moving!

Posted on October 23, 2015 by chris-coates

 Glorious morning driving west over the Severn estuary bridge and down to Swansea for lunch in a beach café-cum-sports centre where we arrive on Beach Babies Friday, which has odd echoes of Lower Shaw being a sort of trendy municipal Continue reading Road Trip (7); the goalposts keep moving!→

Posted in Road Trip | Tagged 1990s, Communal living

Road Trip (6) “Well at least it’s not boring!”

Posted on October 16, 2015 by chris-coates

We press on from the  Land of cctv cameras, porkpies & plenty and head for our next community Lower Shaw Farm in Swindon. Lower Shaw was not going to be on our original road trip itinerary, but East Bergholt to deepest Continue reading Road Trip (6) “Well at least it’s not boring!”→

Posted in Road Trip | Tagged 1970s, Lower Shaw Farm

Road Trip (5) – The Land of Liberty, Peace and Plenty

Posted on October 11, 2015 by chris-coates

After breakfast chats and farewells we set off from Old Hall heading for west Wales via Swindon. With the Satnav turned off I map read trying to play I-Spy Utopia from the memory of places that I researched for my Continue reading Road Trip (5) – The Land of Liberty, Peace and Plenty→

Posted in Road Trip | Tagged Chartist Land Colony, Heronsgate

Road Trip (4) – A few of our favourite things

Posted on October 6, 2015 by chris-coates

Day 3 (Part 2) A few of our favourite things Onwards and eastwards from Crow Hall  across the plains of East Anglia towards East Bergholt the skies throw everything they have at us for miles. With the spray on the Continue reading Road Trip (4) – A few of our favourite things→

Posted in Road Trip | Tagged 1970s, Diggers & Dreamers, Old Hall community

Road Trip (Part 3) – We are not a commune

Posted on October 3, 2015 by chris-coates

   DAY 3 – We are not a commune – We are not Crow Hall We set off from Bamford after breakfast with the weather looking like it is going to be a long wet drive down through East Anglia. Continue reading Road Trip (Part 3) – We are not a commune→

Posted in Road Trip | Tagged 1960s, Communes, Crow Hall, Diggers & Dreamers

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