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Wordless Wednesday – Rochester, Kent

Posted in Britain, Favourite Places, Kent, Rochester, Weekly Events, Wordless Wednesday on Jul 28th, 2010

A Wordless Wednesday post

Favourite Places – Rye & Winchelsea

Posted in Favourite Places, Rye, Winchelsea on Apr 18th, 2010

Rye in Sussex is one of my favourite places. We’ve been there a few times and explored its streets and coastline. It’s got lots of history and some literary connections too. By the end of the 12th century it was described as an ‘Antient Town, worthy of veneration’ and it became one of the Cinque Ports in the 14th [...]

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Favourite Places – Bath

Posted in Bath, Favourite Places, Places on Feb 14th, 2010

For today’s Favourite Places post I’m featuring Bath. For more Favourite Places see Margot’s blog Joyfully Retired. The last time we have Bath was just over three years ago, when we had a weekend there. There is a lot to see in Bath and we only managed to go to a few places – the main one [...]

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Favourite Places – A Quick Tour of Edinburgh

Posted in Edinburgh, Favourite Places, Scotland on Feb 7th, 2010

I’ve chosen a few photos taken last July of Edinburgh for today’s Favourite Places post. For more Favourite Places see Margot’s blog Joyfully Retired. I took some of these photos from a tour bus. Our grandchildren insisted we went on the Horrible Histories tour, which was very entertaining – of course the ordinary commentary was available [...]

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Favourite Places – Stratford-upon-Avon

Posted in Favourite Places, Stratford on Jan 31st, 2010

On Sundays Margot at Joyfully Retired writes about one of her favourite places. Here’s one of mine – it’s Stratford-upon-Avon. We went there last August to see Julius Caesar at the Courtyard Theatre. I wrote about that here. We stayed at this hotel Alveston Manor in the room on the first floor next to the entrance [...]

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Favourite Places: Linlithgow

Posted in Favourite Places, Linlithgow, Scotland on Nov 22nd, 2009

Joy at Joyfully Retired does a weekly feature called Favorite Places and I thought today I’d post some photographs of one of my favourite places: Linlithgow about 20 miles from Edinburgh. The approach to Linlithgow Palace Linlithgow Palace entrance Linlithgow Palace North Range Linlithgow Palace Great Hall Linlithgow Palace view from a window Linlithgow Palace – a [...]

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