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Aberdeen to Inverness
(Apologies to those trying to make sense of our travels. I have managed to get my goings and comings from Inverness, inverted! This post should have come before the last one. The Internet connections on this trip have been very challenging for me, can I use that excuse? I hope you enjoy it nevertheless) Yesterday…
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Brora to Tongue
The problem with not having time to write each day as we finish the day’s activities is that I forget! Thank goodness for all the photos I take to remind me of what I’ve seen. I have a terrible memory when so much is happening every day and I think that is one reason why…
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Inverness to Brora
The travel gods have been looking after us. Okay we are somewhat experienced travellers and we are flexible, so I suppose that has helped. But we have been darned lucky as well. This morning we made a somewhat premeditated stop at the Glenmorangie distillery for a tour and some whiskey tasting. I’m not a whiskey…
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Oxford
What do you suppose the chances are that there would be a place in both Oxford, Ohio, and Oxford, England by the name of The White Rabbit? Last week I would have guessed pretty long odds on that happening. But today I have learned that the author of Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, (whose real…
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Bristol to Bridgend
The trip from Bristol to Bridgend in Wales took us about two hours. I knew our accommodation was on an estate that had formerly been a Large family house, but it certainly exceeded my expectations. The long driveway approach was tree-lined and majestic, especially in the misty rain. Once settled into the room we decided…
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Back to Oxford for the first time
I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree 38 years ago from Oxford… Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, that is. So it has been with great curiosity that I have come to the original Oxford. It is so named because oxen were used to pull loads across a low point of the Thames and ‘ford’…
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Sydney to Bristol
It took us 23 hours for the flights from Sydney to London, including a 90 minute transit through Dubai for me to eat a piece of Banoffe pie! (I’m kidding about the reason for the transit in Dubai, but the Banoffe pie at 1am was memorable!) We each slept about 7 hours of the trip,…
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Darwin – now
My posts have been pretty wordy this week, so I’ll give you a break by sharing some photos of our four days in Darwin. Writing and taking photos to share with you causes me to look at things with somewhat altered perspective, which I really enjoy. I hope you will too. (I have prepared this…
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How the Woman got her Man – The Prequel/Pt 2
I suppose we are lucky when we are young that we understand so little about what can go wrong in life, and in relationships. Some months after Don’s visit to Denver it became clear to me that I needed to leave the job I had moved to Denver to take. (It was nothing to do…
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How the Woman Got Her Man (and a new country in the process…)
Subtitle: Moving to Australia: The Prequel/part 1 As I write this during a brief visit to Darwin, it is nearly incomprehensible how I came to live here thirty years ago. Perhaps if I recount the story to you, it will seem more real… Don and I grew up in the same little town in southern…
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