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Return to Florida Part 2
This is the second of two posts on our visit to Florida in November – December 2021 written from a Brit’s perspective. It covers what we did while we were there and our return to the UK. The first post … Continue reading
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Tagged arrival PCR test, Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, bear warning, Black Friday, Catfish Creek Preserve State Park, Central Florida, Florida State Parks, hiking in Central Florida, inflatable Mickey Mouse, Lake Marion, Lake Wales Ridge, Lakeside Village Shopping, Norfolk Island pine, Omicron, papaya, pecan pie, Stuffed bears, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving dinner, Turkey
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A Short Trip to Galloway September 2021
At last, a holiday even though it was very short. We had been thinking of going to Galloway for some time and finally towards the end of August took the plunge to try to book something for early September. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Ardwell Bay, Balcary Bay, belted Galloways, Big Water of Fleet Viaduct, Broughton House, Creetown, Creetown Gem Museum, Dundrennan Abbey, Fascicularia bicolor, filo pastry tree, Galloway, gunnera, Isle of Whithorn, Kippford, Kirkcudbright, Logan Botanic Garden, Machars, Mull of Galloway, Mull of Galloway lighthouse, Orchardton Tower, Rhins, Rockcliffe, Rough Island, Solway Firth, Sorbie Tower, St Ninian's Chapel, The Granite House, Threave Gardens, Torhouse Stone Circle, tree ferns, Whithorn, Wigtown
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Our Dales Way Walk
During our first summer in Nidderdale (2012) we walked the Nidderdale Way, all 53 miles of it. Starting was easy as it goes past our house. It’s a nice walk with not a lot of steep uphill and we completed … Continue reading
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Tagged Belsfield Hotel, Bolton Abbey, Bowness-on-Windermere, Buckden, Burneside, Cam Head, Dales Way, Dent village, Grassington, hiking, Ilkley, Kendal, Lake Windermere, Outershaw, Pennine Way, Ribblehead, River Lune, River Wharfe, School Knott, Sedbergh, Staveley
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A Very Peculiar Year: 2020
From the outset we knew that 2020 was going to be a peculiar year for us. In November 2019 we decided that we wanted to stay in Nidderdale and that we should sell our house in Oxford. We moved into … Continue reading
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Should You Believe What You Read on Social Media?
I post I wrote on Facebook last week got 151 likes, far more than I have ever had before. These were from people I had never heard of. There were also 25 replies, mostly quite thoughtful. In my post I … Continue reading
Every Day it Gets Worse
Every day you think it can’t get any worse – and it does. We now know that Dominic Cummings, the UK’s de facto prime minister, officially called the Prime Minister’s senior adviser, deliberately flouted the lockdown and drove 260 miles … Continue reading
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Confusion and Incompetence Again
I watched the Prime Minister’s address last night. My reactions were a combination of confusion, horror and then anger at the sheer incompetence of it. The first tweet I looked at afterwards had only two words: “herd immunity”. That was … Continue reading
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Papayas, Azaleas, Manatees and a Rattlesnake February 2020
A month in Florida in winter 2020 is always very welcome. As in November we had to spend some time sorting things out in the house, but have now found some wonderful new property managers who have fixed a host … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelia Island, avocado tree, azaleas, Blue Spring State Park, Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Fernandina Beach, Florida, Florida Breeze Villa, Fort Clinch State Park, gopher tortoise, Haines City, hibiscus, Honeymoon Island State Park, horned owl, manatees, Ocala National Forest, olive tree, Osprey Trail, papayas, rattlesnake, Ravine Gardens State Park, St Augustine, St Johns River, storm, turkey buzzard
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Florida in Autumn 2019: Papayas, Gators and Snow
In 2019 our normal 6-8 weeks in Florida in autumn became only 2 weeks because of various matters at home and the election. As we have found before, some things needed attention in the house, not least of which was … Continue reading
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Tagged alligators, anhinga, Big Oak, Black Friday, board walk, Celebration Florida, Christmas inflatables, Florida Breeze Villa, Florida sunset, Highlands Hammock State Park, ibises, Kohls, Lakeland Florida, maradol, meyer lemon, Miami Mover, Newark NJ airport, papaya fruit, papaya plant, turkey vultures, turtles
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