Category: Travel & Events
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A Very Vintage Murder Mystery Weekend
The problem, when you book things months in advance, is that you never know what will be happening when the date finally comes around! Thus it was, that last Friday, despite having only 3 days to get out of my rented house and my kitchen still being in boxes in my dining room I found…
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Messing About on the River
It’s nice to have a bit of downtime. Everything is so busy all the time and go, go, go. It’s hard to find space to think. But last Friday I got a chance for a bit of downtime as I went on a punting trip with new arrivals in Norwich the Norwich Punting Company to…
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5 Go Mad on The Orient Express – Part 3
Ok, this is the last time I will be boring regaling you with stories and photos from the Orient Express. Promise. It really is quite a short story, but one with some nice surprises. The trip back to London was to be accompanied by a glass of champagne and a four course dinner with half…
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5 Go Mad on the SS Great Britain
Today I bring you part two of my Orient Express trip. But today’s part doesn’t actually take place on the Orient Express, it takes place on arrival at Bristol Temple Meads for a trip to the SS Great Britain. We arrived at the station and followed a lovely man (I think he was Edmund, I’m…
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5 Go Mad on the Orient Express – Part 1
On Wednesday I told you I was doing something very exciting. Well now I’m back to tell you all about it. If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you might have had a sneak preview, if not, I can now break it to you, that I spent Wednesday on the glorious Orient Express British…
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Land Girls, Beer and Sunshine
One of the things I did over my holiday that warrants a little more attention is a trip to a pub. Pub visits are not normally a note worthy event for me. I am a CAMRA member and I love trying different real ales, so pubs and beer festivals are common haunts for me (and…
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7 Dials Christmas Shopping
On Thursday night I mentioned I was headed to 7 Dials for a blogger reception and Christmas Shopping Evening. Seeing as my posting schedule is all messed up this week I thought I might as well tell you about it now! Prepare for a post quite heavy on festive photographs full of twinkly lights! The…
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Bonjour!
Hello! Did you all have a lovely weekend? I certainly did. We paid our little caravan in the woods a visit, and then headed off to Paris for a lazy weekend eating cheese, drinking beer and cocktails and wandering the streets idly stopping to eat Croque Monsieur and shop for tat. Today I mostly plan…
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Sea, Sand and Saucy Postcards
As I mentioned, on Friday I skived to go to the seaside and look at Saucy postcards. The Glamour_ologist and I decided that a day of “culture” was necessary and that the “Secrets of the Saucy Seaside postcard” at Great Yarmouth’s Time & Tide Museum fit the bill perfectly. It’s a museum, therefore it is…