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  • Seals in their Own Habitat

    Seals in their Own Habitat

    Basingstoke, Hampshire
    Article by: Sue Saunders

    Visited Seal Island near to St Ives, great to see the seals in their own environment, loloping around without a care in the world, apart fro...

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    Posted: 8 Feb 18
  • Glass Fusing

    Glass Fusing

    Basingstoke, Hampshire
    Article by: Sue Saunders

    Brilliant saturday entertainment - this was a great new skill to learn how to fuse glass together.  I ended up making a christmas coast...

    Soo's Fifty Firsts   |  
    Posted: 8 Feb 18
  • Jacobs Ladder

    Jacobs Ladder

    Basingstoke, Hampshire
    Article by: Sue Saunders

    Not a great activity for me as I was unable to lift myself up any higher than the picture - boo!  But, as is normally I did give it a g...

    Soo's Fifty Firsts   |  
    Posted: 8 Feb 18
  • Robbie Williams

    Robbie Williams

    Basingstoke, Hampshire
    Article by: Sue Saunders

    Wow, what a show and what an entertainer!  Robbie did not disappoint - he even brought his dad on stage (the old crooner!) who sang wit...

    Soo's Fifty Firsts   |  
    Posted: 8 Feb 18
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    Michelin Star Restaurant

    Basingstoke, Hampshire
    Article by: Sue Saunders

    Lortolan was a christmas treat and oh what a treat.  The food was mouth wateringly fantastic, every flavour gave the mouth an explosive...

    Soo's Fifty Firsts   |  
    Posted: 8 Feb 18
  • The Opera

    The Opera

    Basingstoke, Hampshire
    Article by: Sue Saunders

    Tonight’s “first” experience was to visit the opera, and oh what a theatre.  I dashed from work to catch the train in...

    Soo's Fifty Firsts   |  
    Posted: 6 Jun 17
  • The Spider

    The Spider

    Warminster, Wiltshire
    Article by: Sue Saunders

    So, the day had finally come and I was surprisingly calm and ready to face my biggest fear!  Maybe, the fact that I was off work for th...

    Soo's Fifty Firsts   |  
    Posted: 27 Jan 17
  • Miss Saigon

    Miss Saigon

    Basingstoke, Hampshire
    Article by: Sue Saunders

    This week’s challenge was an easier one as I went to the Cinema with my Mum to watch the 25th Anniversary Gala Performance of Miss Sai...

    Soo's Fifty Firsts   |  
    Posted: 16 Oct 16
  • Attend an Outdoor Cinema

    Attend an Outdoor Cinema

    Basingstoke, Hampshire
    Article by: Sue Saunders

    Picture this, walking alongside a 15th century wall in a pretty country village, somewhere in Hampshire we stopped to enter a ticketed venue...

    Soo's Fifty Firsts   |  
    Posted: 23 Sep 16
  • Rescuing a Pregnant Lady from a Slug!

    Rescuing a Pregnant Lady from a Slug!

    Basingstoke, Hampshire
    Article by: Sue Saunders

    Tonight I had a very funny evening with my "gangshow" girlfriends.  We talked, laughed and ate all night long, and they also ...

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    Posted: 17 Sep 16