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Gardens and Galleries

Posted by on Dec 7, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places, Photos, Slider Blogs, Tours and Itineraries | Comments Off on Gardens and Galleries

Never again will I look at Degas ballerinas eyes and imagine innocence.  Learning that for the less successful the corps de ballet was a...

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Four Days in Paris

Posted by on Dec 7, 2015 in Blog, Elsewhere, Other Places, Slider Blogs, Tours and Itineraries | Comments Off on Four Days in Paris

Paris planned before the attacks. I heard the news driving up the M6 early the morning following.  Shocked.  There but by the grace of...

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Wet day in Yorkshire

Posted by on Nov 8, 2015 in Blog, Slider Blogs, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Wet day in Yorkshire

Clouds sat low. Drenched. Low pressure pushing stair rods of rain. No chance of last week’s escape by climbing higher. A day when tacit...

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White Walls and Waterfalls

Posted by on Aug 30, 2015 in Blog, Other Places, UK, Walking | Comments Off on White Walls and Waterfalls

Lucky to grab time out on a rare sunny day, in what has to be one of the wettest summers in forever, and walk in Yorkshire. Open sky,...

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Dales Day

Posted by on Aug 25, 2015 in Blog, Other Places, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Dales Day

Conveniently living on the join between two National Parks, it’s as easy for me to venture over to the Dales as to the Lakes. A forecast...

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Last Three Peak

Posted by on Aug 9, 2015 in Blog, UK, Walking | Comments Off on Last Three Peak

A rare blue day in the summer 2015 and I only had a half a day to get outdoors. Rather than battle the late Saturday traffic and head for...

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