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Moozillion

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Surviving 7 years is supposed to mean that you’re through the worst of it. You have learned how to cope with the rockier patches together .

There are no guarantees. My parents separated after over 30 years... though, knowing what I do now about my late father, I wonder how Mum put up with him so long.

We got married in 1990 which seems an impossibly long time because I cannot be that old :D
This is the 2nd marriage for both my husband and me. When we first married, I had a goal which I did NOT tell him! It was to be married to him longer than I was married to my first husband (8 yrs) and we achieved that goal. Then I DID tell him about my next goal: to be married to him longer than he was married to his first wife (14 years)! He thought it was funny, but in good way. We have been married 17 years, so we achieved that goal. How HE says his goal is to be married to me TWICE as long as he was married to his first wife!!!!:D:D
 

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Good afternoon everyone. JoesDad and I are in the quaint town of Rye in East Sussex (about an hour from home). We are staying the night as we are going to see 80s band “The Christians” tonight.

The B&B we are staying in is incredibly old - wonky floors, wooden beams - the lot. We have a 4 poster bed and the breakfast room has a minstrels’ gallery :D


It’s all cobbled streets and ancient buildings - guaranteed to be on @moozillion’s bucket list!
Oh, YES, INDEED!!!!!!!!! :D I've now lost count of the things on my bucket list- somewhere just past 3,000 I think...
(largely thanks to Linda and Adam!!!!! :p)
 

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The oldest buildings originate well before the 1400s here. They are very ancient indeed.

Rye was a busy sea port on the English Channel, but sea levels changed over the centuries and the harbour silted up leaving the town still technically a port, but 3 miles from the sea!

Its fortifications were necessary to protect it from the French (who the British have had varying levels of conflict with over the centuries), but in places you can see where WWII gun emplacements were put in ancient defensive locations.

This is a two way street where we are staying!
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The road to the church... also two way
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Ancient buildings
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Ypres Tower. Named after a Norman (11th century) lord rather than the WWI battlefield
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View from the tower out to sea in the distance
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WOW, WOW and again, WOWWW!!!!!!
TWO way streets??!?!?!? For bicycles, maybe...:p
 

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Are any of our British contingent anticipating the upcoming royal wedding?
I know it's silly, but I'm very interested!
Good luck to Meghan being int the public eye 24/7! But as an experienced actress, she may handle it better than many would. :)

We aren’t doing anything special for it. We won’t be at home... More postcards!
 
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