2003

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 Index to diary of 2003

This was the year we moved from Newport Pagnell to Exning at the end of February

Jan 3/4

The year started with floods on the river behind our Mill St house

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Mill St floods          
Jan 7

We visited John & Heather and went for a walk by Danbury Lakes

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Danbury Park          
Jan 27 we visited Exning before moving to Gable Cottage on Feb 28 4x3 white horse.jpg (10238 bytes) 4x3 gable with car.jpg (11756 bytes)        
Exning Gable Cottage        
Mar 28

The first of our trips out was to Norwich

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Eaton Norwich Cathedral Adam & Eve Pub Pull's Ferry Royal Arcade  
Apr 13

We went to London for the Marathon and then on to the V&A for an Art Deco exhibition

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Marathon V&A        
Apr 30 to May 7

We had a week long trip to Paris

   
Eurostar Eiffel Tower River Trip Montmatre    
Apr 30 May 1    
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Louvre Rodin Marmottan Art Deco Invalides Versailles
May 2 May 3 May 4
 
La Defence Arc de Triomphe Samaritaine Notre Dame Place des Vosges  
May 5  
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Arcades Giverney Gare Du Nord      
May 6 May 7      
May 9 - 16

Abby visited us to attend Mum's 80th birthday celebrations

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Newport Pagnell London Monopoly Gable Madame Tussauds The Bear, Stock  
May 10 May 11 May 14 May 15 May 18  
Jul 5 - 7

John attended Formula Student as a judge and to present prizes

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Bruntingthorpe          
Jul 9

We attended the Hampton Court Flower Show

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July 19

We travelled across Suffolk to the coast

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Snape Dunwich Southwold      
July 12

We visited Lichfield

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Aug 27

We went to Kent to see Churchill's home at Chartwel

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Aug 28 - Sep 10

We visited the US

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From Air Henry Ford Museum 007 Boat Trip to Windsor Ontario Plymouth, Michigan    
Aug 28 Sep 5 Sep 6 Sep 8    
Sep 19

We visited Chelmsford and the RHS Hyde Hall

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Chelmsford Hyde Hall        
Sep 21

We went to Bourneville for the Lilliput Lane Collectors Fair

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Bourneville LL Fair        
Sep 22

We visited John & Heather and took a walk around Wickham Bishops

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Oct 1

We visited the NT property Eltham Palace a combination of medieval hall and the Courtauld's Art Deco home

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Oct 4

We visited our local NT property at Anglesey Abbey

         
Oct 15

We took Mum to see the Gowings at Bexhill and then stopped at Battle on the way back

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Bexhill Battle        
Oct 22

We went to Greenwich but called in to Upton Park for tickets and returned for a match in the evening

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Upton Park Greenwich        
Oct 30

Another NT property at Wicken Fen

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Dec 15

a LL Hunt in Kent

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Fordcombe Hartfield        
Dec 16 to year end

We travelled to the US for Lisa's Wedding on Dec 28

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