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Alex looking out of the ferry window at Portsmouth |
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Some form of fort? |
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Alex and Daddy on the ferry |
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bench with colour powders on, rolling the glass to mix the colours in |
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getting a "gob" of glass onto the rod |
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a swan |
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polishing a paperweight |
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glass gob back in the oven so the glass doesn't cool too much |
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picking up colours |
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shaping with damp newspaper |
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shaping with callipers |
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flattening the base |
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watching |
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changing from holding the top to the bottom |
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cutting a lip |
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another gob |
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joining it on |
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look, it's a jug |
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Alex at lunch (apparently photos aren't allowed) |
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Alex and Daddy looking out of the carriage window |
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The engine getting ready to change ends |
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Having a look around the platform |
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Arrival |
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Run around |
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Signals |
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Water tower |
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Restoring a carriage |
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Tube train approaching Smallbrook Junction Station |
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Alex enjoys the ramp at Smallbrook Junction |
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Window |
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Walking the battlements |
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Stairs to the keep |
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Daddy and Alex in the archway to the keep |
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On the keep battlements |
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Looking down on the castle |
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Mummy and Alex in the archway to the keep |
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Alex really wants to go down the stairs, which are pretty steep and uneven |
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Alex with Seamus and Daddy walking towards the Monkey and Owl Haven |
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gibbons, pretty enthusiastic about swinging around |
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Alex loves the ramp up to slide |
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So much, every time we carried him away he yelled and ran back. Pretty good sense of direction, too. |
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Owl! |
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Gibbon again |
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Alex also finds the toy cars and has some fun in one of them |
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but he doesn't want a passenger |
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I think these are Rhesus monkeys |
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Alex tidying the gravel off the path |
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Alex, the giant |
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Model of the model of the model |
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Model of the model |
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Alex looking at the model of the model of the model |
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Morris dancers |
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Airfield |
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Balloon |
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Gypsy caravan |
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Beach with chalets, spot Santa |
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R101 |
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Railway engine replacement |
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Dinosaur train |
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Pause for a snack, over at the picnic area |
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I'm a little teapot |
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A chine |
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Bandstand |
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Alex watching the train |
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Upper chine school |
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windmill (to scale with the houses) |
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Scout camp |
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Alex is contemplating trying to crawl through the Lych gate |
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church, with wedding photos |
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Sports day |
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Family picnic |
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Alex and Mummy in the street |
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Alex fingering the water from the chine (he later falls into this and gets all wet) |
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No, Daddy, I do NOT like the sand |
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Daddy and Alex looking at the sea |
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Alex asleep at Brading Station while Daddy is on a tour of the signal box |
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In the queue for the ferry |
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Got a nice comfy seat here |
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Bye bye IOW |
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Ferry going the other way |
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It's a very busy yacht day |
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Cannon sail |
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Notice on deck |
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Interesting rock-fort-thing - there were more than one of these - are they historical defences? |
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Portmouth |
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Alex and Mummy on deck - wake in the background, we're turning |
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Sorting out timestamps on the cameras (gryphon) |
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(kelpie) |