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A very belated write-up of a long-ago holiday on Jersey
Dearie me. I've not posted for nearly a year. I keep meaning to, but you know how it is. The longer you leave a thing, the more daunting it gets to start. I've not been reading things, either, so apologies if I've missed big things. I will attempt to do better from now on ( Read more... ) -
Walking around another island - part 2
Days 2, 3 and 4 of our Isle of Man walking adventure, in which we encounter many, many hills, get attacked by the Black Dog, meet a water bull and a buggane, see a windswept wedding, and did I mention the hills?
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Walking around another island
Back in the winter of 2019, we were discussing holidays and said that we fancied walking Hadrian's Wall. However, the trouble with that is that we would need to book accommodation months in advance - we're not prepared to do the full on "carrying your tent on your back and camping in the wild" option - which would mean that you're then committed to ( Read more... ) -
Winchester choir stalls and other fancies
We had a day trip to Winchester on the first day of the long Jubilee weekend. Our first trip was to the museum where, it being half term, activities were happening. As we approached, a family with a small child were talking to the Roman soldier who was stationed outside. As we queued, the small girl charged in, bypassed the short queue, and ( Read more... ) -
North Devon (with added Cornwall): part the third and last
Here is the last installment of our North Devon holiday. I never got round to writing up the holiday we had last summer, which is a shame, since my memory is dreadful, and unless I make a written record of what I've, I forget all about it. I've frequently had to refer back to my old holiday write-ups to remind myself of where on earth we went and ( Read more... ) -
North Devon: Knightshayes and the happy bees
We had a week in North Devon the week before last. We broke the journey en route with a night in Tiverton, with visits to a Victorian Gothic pile and a bee farm.
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A natural history of dragons
I very much enjoyed this series by Marie Brennan. Set in a Victorian style era, it is the memoirs of Lady Trent, a much-respected naturalist, looking back on the discoveries she made in their younger years, during the course of adventure-filled journeys to far-flung corners of the earth. The twist? The subject of all her scientific enquiry is ( Read more... ) -
Arms, armour, ducks and doors
As well as spotting comical lions, last weekend we made Bronze Age swords ( Read more... )