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Category: vacations

  • 1966 and all that

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    In 1966 England won the World Cup. It was also a pretty significant year for me. It was the year I started at university and was therefore the time when I stopped living at home. Although I visited many times thereafter I never lived there again. It was the year when I worked full time,…

  • North Norfolk: 5 highlights

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    We’ve just had a week in Thornham, a little to the east of Hunstanton, in North Norfolk. We’d rented a house so that we could spend time with the Bradburies and Charles without the space constraints of our respective homes. I reckon it was a bit of a rite of passage, such ‘whole family’ holidays…

  • Brighton: 5 takeaways

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    I’ve just spent a couple of nights in Brighton. I must say I’m underwhelmed but then maybe what it offers is not what I look for. Anyway these are my five takeaways (four positive and one negative to make up the numbers).

  • GoNW 2022: five highlights

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    We’ve just enjoyed the best part of a week in north and mid Wales. I wouldn’t want to overdo it but it was a reasonably emotional trip for me because I grew up in Wales and visiting places I remember from those days, seeing the Welsh signs and place names and hearing the language spoken…

  • Switzerland 40 years on

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    We lived in Switzerland in the 80s (and a couple of years either side). Clare and Charles were both born there and we bought a house. We had a good life but then the world changed and we moved on.

  • Remembering Greece

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    There was a program on BBC2 last night about Crete, the Minoan civilisation and the archaeological site at Knossos and I thought ‘I’ve been there’.

  • Indonesia 2019 (and 2020)

    Indonesia 2019 (and 2020)

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    We’ve just spent a couple of days short of four weeks on holiday in Indonesia. It’s a longer trip than we’d normally make and with hindsight would have been better if it had been a few days shorter but you can’t change history so why dwell on it.

  • Wales in a week: 5 highlights

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    We spent 5 days in Wales in August of this year. It wasn’t planned as a big holiday but grew out of an idea to spend some time with the Bradburys (my daughter and her family) whilst they were camping in Anglesey.

  • Sicily again: 5 highlights

    Sicily again: 5 highlights

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    We’ve just come back from a week in Sicily. We had a full itinerary which showed us most of the island and immersed us in its history and culture. You come out at the end with a blur of memories but what really stood out? Here’s my list of five highlights.

  • Oman Oman: five highlights

    Oman Oman: five highlights

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    When you come home after a holiday you reflect on an all round experience which is often amplified by a few highlights. These generally include expectations exceeded, details that delighted and unexpected pleasures. Here’s my list of five such highlights from our recent trip to Oman.