Texto de apresentação da família

Our family consists of Nick (Secondary School Teacher, 49), Angela (Charity Manager, 47), Annelies (16), Lena (14) and Evangeline (11). We have two cats - Frank and Betty 7 years, one puppy - Rhubarb 13 weeks - and one fish.
Rhubarb will go to another home for the duration of our exchanged. The cats are shy but easy to care for. If you need to leave them for a few days whilst visiting we can ask neighbours or family to feed them.

Estilo de vida

Datchet is very conveniently located on a direct train line to London; the journey takes 50 mins, not including a 10 minute walk to the train station from our home, with the train terminating at London Waterloo, where you can walk to The Houses of Parliament, the London Eye, The National Gallery, Covent Garden and the South Bank. Waterloo is connected to London Underground which can take you directly to the many sights, including St Paul's Cathedral, The Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Tate Modern, Oxford Circus, Carnaby Street, Camden Market, Borough Market etc. There is a faster train into London Paddington taking 20 mins from Slough, which is five minutes drive away. Nearby Windsor, Staines and Slough have good shopping centres, and Kingston, Richmond and Reading are also easy to get to, as is Westfield in Shepherd's Bush in London. You can catch a train from Slough to Oxford, the West Country (Bath) and Wales very easily.
For local sightseeing there is Windsor Castle and Windsor Great Park, including Savil Garden nearby. Eton, the home of the famous Eton College, is five minutes drive, or a 30 minute walk. A short train journey or drive takes you to Hampton Court, Richmond, Kingston and all that London itself offers.
If you want to visit the seaside, the south coast, with resorts such as Brighton and Eastbourne, is a 1.5hr drive. Or if you are interested in visiting Wales, Datchet is on Junction 5 of the M4, the motorway which takes you directly to South Wales. Other interesting destinations which can be reached by car within 2 hours are Stonehenge, Stratford upon Avon, Warwick Castle, Leeds Castle, Longleat, and Woburn Abbey, amongst many others. There are many National Trust properties and sites within a short distance, including Runneymede, location of the Magna Carta memorial. The Harry Potter Experience in Watford is 30 mins drive, but needs booking well in advance.
Datchet has a water sports park called Liquid Leisure, where there is a huge outdoor water park. You can also partake in water skiing, wake boarding and outdoor swimming and there are also sailing clubs and the river Thames, where boat hire is available.
If you enjoy running, there are some wonderful circular, flat runs from Datchet that take you through the Windsor Great Park, up the Long Walk or through Eton. Cycling is great too, as there are very few hills in the locality.

This member has completed 11 successful exchanges. Here are some members that he exchanged with in the past:

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