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  • Travel Stories
    • Bush Routes:
    • Across Sri Lanka by tuk-tuk
    • A Different New Year’s Eve
    • Bobsleigh Run
    • Camels And Khaled
    • Hamadi
    • Into The Unknown
    • Lightning Strike
    • Our strange invitation
    • The Curious Tale Of The Day Bag And The Dress
    • The Dirty Plastic Bucket
    • The story of Mangala
    • Travel Stories: From The Boudoir To The Bosphorus
    • Travel Stories: The Nungwi Sunset
    • Welcome To Dar
    • Were We Safe? Take A Look…

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  • Europe,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    Last Day in Matera

    June 18, 2019 /

    One final day discovering Matera’s unique history

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    September 30, 2021
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    Matera: The city where poverty makes history

    June 17, 2019 /

    A full day exploring the incredible city of Matera

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    July 21, 2021

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    October 8, 2022
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    Uncovering Matera’s history

    June 16, 2019 /

    Our first day exploring the ancient city of Matera, Italy

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    October 17, 2022

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    September 14, 2021
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    February 6, 2023
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    Sunshine After The Rain

    June 12, 2019 /

    Preparing to leave the drab English summer for the hot Italian sun

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    FROM STATELY HOME TO CAVE HOUSES: IT’S ITALY NEXT

    June 11, 2019 /

    From Chatsworth House Stately home in England to Matera, the “shame of Italy” in Basilicata, Italy

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    January 12, 2024
  • England,  Travel Blog,  Walking

    We love England

    June 9, 2019 /

    Weekend in the Peak District, walking in The Derbyshire & Staffordshire boarders

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    February 22, 2023
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    November 6, 2022

    London: Simply The Best

    November 6, 2021
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    The World’s Greatest City

    May 27, 2019 /

    Theatres, culture and Iconic sites of interest around London

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    June 10, 2021

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    December 9, 2021
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    October 31, 2023
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    Our strange invitation

    May 22, 2019 /

    The story of how we came to be part of a private party in rural Turkey

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    June 25, 2021
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    August 24, 2026
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    Home from Madrid

    May 14, 2019 /

    Monday morning, and spreading olive oil and tomatoes on the toasted bocadillo bread is a whole lot better than going in to work! And so we wind up our stay in Madrid with that same breakfast, and a wander around some new quarters before heading back to the airport.  We still haven’t found out what it’s about, but the military event around the royal palace today is even bigger, with massed ranks of uniforms filling the closed-off street, armed police guarding every corner. It’s an impressive display, whatever the story.  Mercado de San Miguel is no longer a market but an upmarket foodhall, almost a tapas and pintxo equivalent of…

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  • England,  Europe,  Travel Blog

    Lowestoft and beyond

    May 13, 2019 /

    From the beaches of Lowestoft to the bluebell woods of Wangford, Suffolk is a beautiful County

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