Dave Adcock

Far East Prisoner of War Repatriation Memorial Ceremony - Southampton Autumn 1945 saw over 20,000 PoWs & Internees arrive from the Far East at Southampton. Join us to remember them & those who did not survive.

I have the honour of mc’ing this act of remembrance on 18 November

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Find out where those saints went marching in! Meet tomorrow 18 September 2.30pm at Southampton Bargate.

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Isaac and Jane went to these places where the saints went marching in wegottickets.com/event/669350/ This Thursday meet at the Bargate Southampton 2.30pm to find out more.

Today I was at Southampton’s French church for Heritage Week. On Thursday I’m leading this walk wegottickets.com/event/669350/ revealing where saints went marching in.

Lots of special heritage events in Southampton this month. I’m leading this one. You can book here wegottickets.com/event/669350

A Tour to Tours Tours Town hall The French language can be confusing. For example ‘la tour’ is the tower, but ‘La Tour’ would be the Eiffel Tower. Similarly ‘le tour’ is the tour but ‘Le Tour’ is the Tour de Franc…

My final blog of this adventure as I arrived in Tours as a tourist.
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Chi-non or Ch-Oui? Chinon old town This morning my thoughts turned to my next destination Chinon. The distance was 16km which was fine. The weather forecast however was poor with heavy rain predicted. I next looked a…

Next stop Chinon as Joan replaces Eleanor
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Fontevraud. It’s All Right Lady Eleanor! Eleanor reading her book as she slumbers. Hubby who imprisoned her is next to her. She got her revenge. He didn’t want to be buried here. I blame Eleanor for this walk! She must be one of the most …

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Now that’s what I call a market

It happened again…

Saumur Sparkling But Not Dry. Saumur was today’s destination. The clouds were ominous. Over night I could hear rain outside and began to wonder how that could affect my day. I could have got a train from Les Rosiers to Saumur, …

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Bridges Over Peaceful Waters The bridge between Gennes and Les Rosiers The woman in the tourist office and my hosts agreed that the best way to walk from Saint Mathurin to my next destination Les Rosiers de Loire was to cross …

Bridges and local food. Walking the Loire. daveadcock54.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/b...

Bridge over the Loire. Bridges bring people together. Make us all bridges!

Aléop! I’m by The Loire! Messing about on the river. Imagine the meeting! ‘We need a new friendly name for regional trains in the Loire area. Any ideas?’ After a moment’s hesitation someone said ‘What about Aléop?’ Genius!…

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Don’t Look Back in Angers Angers with the cathedral in the background I’m beginning my 14th walk/balade/randonné. So far all of these escapades have been in the Normandy or Ile de France region but this time I’ve headed sou…

Day 1 of my Loire Valley walk. daveadcock54.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/d...

Made it to Angers!

Walking this week in the Loire Valley ( starting Tuesday) with the occasional bus and train ride. Angers to Tours via Saumur, Fontevraud & Chinon.
Yes it’s alright Lady Eleanor !

YouTube video by Southampton Tourist Guides Association Oh Where the Saints!

I’m leading a special guided walk for Heritage Week on 18 September 2.30pm in Southampton
We’re so excited about it we’ve even made a promotional video
Oh Where The Saints!

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Coming up next month

As Spencer Davis once said….

A beautiful bit of writing, and forever more my answer to the question “why QPR?” A bit punk, a bit scrappy, fiercely loyal, West London has always felt more like home to me than anywhere else. We R QPR 💙🤍

Poignant graves in Hollybrook Cemetery Southampton. The 30 years old padré shot himself. The 19 year old woman dies in a car crash. German graves stand alongside Allies who perished after DDay.
Each one had a story to tell

A full house plus a Bishop celebrating Southampton heritage today at the annual service in French

I’ll be using these again tomorrow, Sunday 3pm in Winkle Street, Southampton

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Adcock not Ballcock.
Just had a call. ‘Tracy here, we were expecting you at 3.’
Panic! As a funeral celebrant you mustn’t let people down
‘I’ll come now’
Then realised I couldn’t find my notes
‘When’s the funeral?’
‘Funeral? No, we want a plumber’
As Dylan said ‘It ain’t me babe’

Next Sunday 29 July 3pm

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Overground and Underground! Discover the rich history of Southampton! Southampton is a city full of historical events and stories within its medieval walls, much of which still stand to this day! Come with us to hear about our historic walls and stories about some of th...

You can explore overground and underground Southampton with me, this Sunday 1.30pm at the Bargate. Details and tickets here. wegottickets.com/event/657452 ps that’s not me on the video below but it gives you a taste! #Southampton

20 years ago I started work with EU Welcome trying to support arrivals from EU countries to Southampton. I had a year’s contract. I stayed there over 12. I learnt a lot, met some amazing people,and hopefully helped a few people. The work continues thanks to CLEAR.

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Plaque on wall of St Julien Chapel, Southampton. This building is rarely open to the public but come along 3pm 20 July for the once a year service in French celebrating a piece of Southampton history