Sometimes noise can make or break a holiday. Staying in a busy city where the noise never stops is hell to some people, heaven to others. It's a subjective viewpoint. Family holidays rely on noise to entertain or excite children.
At Buckler's Hard there was a button to press which played 'Hearts of Oak' over and over and over again.... Children can't resist a button. And rope to make a bowline with.
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| The bowline held his weight. He was happy. |
Nature can be noisy too. Nothing more so than a gang of ducks (gaggle? No that's geese. Not herd? Group? Pancake? Or orangery?)
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| The ducks at The Vyne run free outside the house. |
But for real noise it has to be man made. And this was the loudest noise I heard all holiday. They didn't ask me to drive, though. Shame.
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| Don't ask me what car it is. It was loud L-O-U-D LOUD |
I did drive the go karts at Beaulieu, though. Only once, before deciding that I needed to have photos to capture the day. And they were noisy.
Especially when you could hear the drivers laughing!
Photos can be misleading. This quiet shot of a girl and a statue was in the middle of a busy street, with noise all around. I loved the high street at Winchester. A lot.
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| The Elizabeth Frick sculpture in Winchester |
Sometimes you just need to take a break, even if the road is noisy. We eat many picnics by the roadside, mostly because a lot of the stuff we go to see is actually city bound. Finding oases of peace and calm can be hard, especially in an unknown city.
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| Eating our picnic on the street outside Portsmouth Harbour |
And when a museum is called Explosion! I think you have a right to expect some noise. Actually, it was one of the quietest museums we went to. I had to make up for it by buying snaps (50p for 100) and running outside to let them off.
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| A thing in Explosion. |
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You certainly got around during your week.
ReplyDeleteWinchester is just lovely.
Lisa x
Sarah loved it; there is a little beading shop where unsurprisingly I got to spend a lot of money and they have Costa and Starbucks opposite each other! My daughter is a cultural Philistine, but she appreciates a good row of shops!
DeleteIt looks like you've all been having lots of fun. I love having all the family around but the noise can get me down sometimes. I admit to loving a bit of peace and quiet. Those go karts look like so much fun.
ReplyDeleteI am missing my time alone in the house, I have to say, but I am slightly deaf so noise isn't a big issue usually except when I'm concentrating. And good noise can be such good fun. The scream I gave out when the gokarts sped up was just so funny, even I wished I could have taped it!
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