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Riverside Walk from Leamington Spa to Warwick

Trish Burgess Posted on16/05/202216/05/2022 easy walk in Warwickshire, Leamington Spa, walking, Warwick Leave a Comment
Riverside Walk, Leamington to Warwick

What makes a good walk? Here’s a list – in no particular order – of a few things that, if they can be added to the usual views, scenery etc, can persuade me to...

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Heading for the hills in Edinburgh

Trish Burgess Posted on18/01/202218/01/2022 Edinburgh, Hills, North Berwick, Scotland Leave a Comment
Craiglockhart Hill

Have you ever tried ‘munro-bagging’? The idea is to climb one or all of the 282 Scottish mountains over 3000ft high (914m). I can’t say that’s ever been on our agenda. We love walking...

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Come on, Eileen! Finding the weird and wonderful in museums

Trish Burgess Posted on08/01/202218/01/2022 art galleries, Dunrobin Castle, Kelvingrove art gallery, museums, Scotland Leave a Comment
Kelvingrove Art Museum and Gallery

Who doesn’t love a museum which is a little bit weird and wonderful? Not for me a boring traipse around some dry old exhibits, usually accompanied by long-winded information on signage boards. I much...

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Trekking with Nidderdale Llamas

Trish Burgess Posted on14/09/2021 Llamas, Nidderdale Llamas, Things to do in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire 2 Comments
Paired up with Barney and Trevor at Nidderdale Llamas

“Stop that, Barney!” says the patient llama-handler, as the frisky creature continues to make mischief by knocking the top off a metal post with his head. We’re standing in a barn in the North...

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Revisiting a Kingdom by the Sea

Trish Burgess Posted on16/08/202110/09/2021 Alnwick, Bamburgh, Coastal walking, Craster, Dunstanburgh, Inntravel, Northumberland, Walking holiday, Walking Northumberland coast Leave a Comment
Bamburgh Castle

The green cover of the book was instantly recognisable. A Kingdom by the Sea, written in 1967 by a London Journalist, Betty James, might have gone unnoticed by other visitors to Barter Books in...

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Kerrycroy: self-catering accommodation in Perthshire, Scotland

Trish Burgess Posted on21/07/202121/07/2021 Aberfeldy, accommodation in Perthshire, kerrycroy, luxury cottage, Scotland, self-catering Leave a Comment
Kerrycroy Airbnb, Aberfeldy

Last summer I had a yearning to travel after being constrained by the first lockdown. As soon as we could, we made plans to go to Scotland. We have great friends, Marion and Henry,...

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Wings of a Dove

Trish Burgess Posted on23/06/2021 birds nesting, Collared doves, garden birds Leave a Comment
baby collared doves

Take time for your pleasure And laugh with love Take the hand of another And sing for the wings of a dove Whoa, whoa, for the wings of a dove Whoa, whoa, for the...

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Dipping my toe back into blogging

Trish Burgess Posted on22/06/2021 Blogging, Brimham Rocks, Lincolnshire, walking 2 Comments
field of kale

The last time I updated this blog was 12 March 2020. We all know what happened after that. Covid. Lockdown. Stay at home. Wash Your Hands. Social Distancing. At a time when travel was...

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