A day out at Tangmere Military Aviation Museum

Hello there,

A couple of weeks ago we had a spare day in the middle of the week. I love days like those as it's (normally) the perfect quiet time to visit museums, go shopping, do battle with the bank etc etc. Unless you're like us of course and completely forget that it was half-term! Undaunted, we headed off to visit Tangmere Military Aviation Museum.

This is a perfect little museum to spend a rainy morning or afternoon. It's not far from Chichester and took about 40 minutes driving from Southampton. There's plenty for young or old alike (some of the climb on exhibits were for adults only - that made a nice change!). And the volunteers were real characters. All the ones we spoke were ex-military and obviously had a real passion for the museum and the planes there.

Now I appreciate this probably isn't everyone's cup of tea - but trust me. There was plenty for everyone. All the technical info you could want plus social history as well if that's more your sort of thing. There was a cute little cafe but unfortunately no seating as we hit the lunch time rush, so reluctantly we missed that bit out.

It's not everyday you can park next to military aircraft!

If you're in the area and have an interest in history, I'd recommend this little museum. We were there for about 3 hours and I'm sure we didn't see everything

Oh - and one last tip - don't get in the way of someone taking pictures. It's quite annoying apparently!

Thanks for reading

Cathy

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Blogmas day 8 & 9 - Chichester Christmas market

Hello there,

I can't believe we're at the end of the first week of December already!

Day 8 of Blogmas saw us taking a trip to Chichester for a bit of Christmas shopping and some lunch. I've mentioned Chichester before on the blog. It's a lovely little town that's just far enough away to make it feel like a day out, but close enough to get there in around 40 mins from Southampton. It also has a great mix of the normal high street shops you'd expect to find plus a good selection of independent shops. It's become a Christmas tradition to have a day out there every year (more about traditions next week).

We didn't realise that the Chichester Christmas market would be there which was a lovely surprise. It's very different to the normal German type markets that seem to the popping up everywhere at the moment. This market was showcasing local producers, food, crafts and even had donkeys and hot chestnuts. I could have spent hours (and a small fortune) here.

Some of the items for sale were beautiful, this large wooden horse was one of my favourites

Who remembers Bill and Ben the flowerpot men? I certainly do

I was tempted to buy one of these spiders as a Christmas present - I wish I had now - d'oh!

The town of Chichester is so pretty any time of the year, but Christmas always seems a bit more special

The market even has it's own Mary and Joseph with donkeys - from Hayling Island Donkeys

Bad blogger that I am, we stopped for lunch which I just ate with no photos - but take it from me - it was yummy!

I'm combining day 8 and 9 as day 9 just consisted of lots of queuing at the Post Office and general pottering.

Sephora Advent Calendar update, day 8 was very cute red note cards with 'I wish' written on them. I can see me using these easily and pining them onto the fridge or above my desk

With the notecards from day 7 - these were odd.....

Day 9 was a beautiful red nail varnish called 'Cherry Popsicle' - this might just be my Christmas Day choice

Hope you're enjoying my version of Blogmas. I'll try to update every day or at least every other day, but if work overtakes me - it might be a bit late!

Thanks for reading

Cathy
xx