Waxing lyrical about wonderful Weardale
Weardale in County Durham was somewhere I’d heard spoken of with great affection for many years. My friend’s dad Gilbert[…]
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My 12 trips of 2020
So it’s almost February and I realised I haven’t yet reflected on last year’s travels. As mentioned in previous posts[…]
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Dorset’s spectacular Jurassic Coast
One of the benefits from the strange year 2020 turned out to be, has been seeing more of what the[…]
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Corfe Castle: Dorset’s captivating civil war survivor
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Valencia revisited and just as fabulous
I always thought I’d go back to Valencia some day, but didn’t expect a storm to turn that thought into[…]
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A pilgrimage to the home of Picpoul de Pinet
It’s been a fair few years since I discovered Picpoul de Pinet, so when planning a wine tasting trip to[…]
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My 12 trips of 2019
So another year has flown by and here we are in the next decade. Seems a good time to reflect[…]
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Ravenna’s magical mosaics
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