I went to the John Rylands Library in Manchester on Monday - and gasped in wonder as I entered, if that's special enough? Manchester Central Library is also amazing, as is Liverpool Central Library - the latter similar to the old British Library reading room, circular with spiral staircases etc.
Songkick is good for finding gigs.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Spitbank is great quite expensive at about £400 a night each all in you could do the historic dockyard at the same time Mary Rose, Victory etc you may get lucky and see the new Queen Elizabeth and a ferry over to Gosport for the explosions museum and the submarine museum, and lunch on the old light ship.
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
@raisingirl yes on the site of the old navel armoury not being sexist but probably more of a man thing unless your interested in weapons, shells, missiles etc but i does take you right from the beginnings of the Navy fire power.
We still have an amoury in Gosport but it is slightly more modern but they still have to load and un load the ships in the harbour and thats intresting to watch.
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
How about a weekend in Brighton? There is loads to do. The Brighton pavilion, the i360, the pier and fishing museum and if he likes music there are some great jazz clubs for good night out
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I went to the John Rylands Library in Manchester on Monday - and gasped in wonder as I entered, if that's special enough? Manchester Central Library is also amazing, as is Liverpool Central Library - the latter similar to the old British Library reading room, circular with spiral staircases etc.
Songkick is good for finding gigs.
You could consider a day's beekeeping .... this sort of thing.
https://shop.hiverbeers.com/products/the-hiver-experience-urban-beekeeping-and-craft-beer-tasting-voucher
although there are plenty of others about.
Bee x
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
Goodwood Revival for vintage motor racing although it may be difficult to get a ticket now.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
We still have an amoury in Gosport but it is slightly more modern but they still have to load and un load the ships in the harbour and thats intresting to watch.
https://www.postalmuseum.org/discover/attractions/mail-rail-ride/
There is loads to do. The Brighton pavilion, the i360, the pier and fishing museum and if he likes music there are some great jazz clubs for good night out
https://www.visitbrighton.com/things-to-do/attractions/museums-and-galleries
My myoungest goes to to some of the clubs and I can always ask him which ones are the best for whichever music he prefers.