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Autumn Feels at Elmley National Nature Reserve

Autumn Feels at Elmley National Nature Reserve

Monday morning found me in the manner to which I’ve become accustomed in recent months; in my home office, fan on, trying to stay cool…

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Guest (ale) column: Missoula – America’s best kept secret?

Guest (ale) column: Missoula – America’s best kept secret?

We arrived in Missoula with high hopes, it is after all our ‘home’ town (for those that don’t know we needed to set up a…

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Guest column: Mamma-Mia!

Guest column: Mamma-Mia!

In our family, my Dad is the writer and my Mum is the talker (you can make up your own minds on me), but having…

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Sharing the adventure in Utah

Sharing the adventure in Utah

Our happiness at being back in Utah could be exceeded by only one thing: Sharing it with our good friends, Tina and Tom.  In the UK,…

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San Fran highs…and highs!

San Fran highs…and highs!

When we said we would be in the US for a year  a number of our friends and family feigned weakness at the idea of…

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Seafood and sea life in Monterey

Seafood and sea life in Monterey

My mum isn’t a traveller. She lives in Cornwall and she likes it. Going to the county town is a big trip for her, and…

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Friends in town: The luxury budget

Friends in town: The luxury budget

As many of you know, I’m a girl who likes my luxuries and having one of my greatest partners in crime (and her equally glamorous sister)…

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Friends in town: Back to basics

Friends in town: Back to basics

One of my biggest personal challenges in taking a year out to travel was the idea of spending a year away from all my friends and…

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Music City

Music City

We almost missed Nashville. You may recall that back in November, near Asheville (no ‘N’), I was just too cold and needed some sunshine (see this…

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The end of the road: Key West

The end of the road: Key West

I’ve come to realise on this journey that John and I have two modes: 1. ‘Traveller mode’, characterised by low-key soaking up of the local…

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