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Trish Burgess

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Lincolnshire, UK
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne. Read geography at Cambridge University. Now living in South Lincolnshire, UK.
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Mum’s Gone To Japan: Finding peace in Hiroshima

Trish Burgess Posted on16/01/202018/02/2020 Hiroshima, Japan, things to do in Hiroshima 10 Comments
Cenotaph in Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima

At 8.15 am on 6 August 1945, an atomic bomb, code-name ‘Little Boy’, was detonated above the city of Hiroshima in Japan. The explosion caused thousands of deaths on impact and thousands more in...

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Mum’s Gone To Japan: Things to do in Tokyo

Trish Burgess Posted on10/01/202016/01/2020 Japan, Things to do in Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo attractions 16 Comments
Benten-do temple, Ueno Park, Tokyo

A bucket list trip? Yes. A retirement present from my husband to himself? Absolutely. This was always going to be the trip of a lifetime. A holiday in Japan coinciding with the 2019 Rugby...

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Cobh Heritage Centre and Titanic Experience

Trish Burgess Posted on07/01/202022/02/2020 Cobh, Eire, Ireland, Things to do in Cobh, Titanic 14 Comments
Tickets for museums in Cobh

If you’re ever in Ireland and planning to visit Cobh, let me give you a tip. It’s pronounced ‘cove’ not ‘cobb’. A big thank you to the woman at Cork station who sold us...

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Ayscoughfee Hall Cafe has the recipe for success

Trish Burgess Posted on26/12/201926/12/2019 Ayscoughfee Hall Cafe, Lincolnshire, places to eat in Spalding, Spalding 3 Comments
Summer lunch at Ayscoughfee Hall Cafe

If you live in Spalding, or visit as a tourist, you’re bound to make a beeline for Ayscoughfee Hall. It dates from the mid-15th century and is a Grade I listed building. Whilst the...

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A city break in Cork at Christmas

Trish Burgess Posted on22/12/201912/03/2020 city break in Cork, Cork, Eire, Ireland 10 Comments
Christmas lights in Cork

In the run up to Christmas last year we took a trip to York. It was fabulous: a Christmas market, lovely hotel, lots of shopping and eating: an ideal way to prepare for the...

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10 reasons to love Japan

Trish Burgess Posted on25/11/201906/02/2020 10 best things about Japan, 2020 Olympics, Japan, Rugby World Cup 10 Comments
Japanese umbrellas

After nearly a month in Japan, following the Scotland team as they played the pool matches in the Rugby World Cup, it’s fair to say Dougie and I are completely smitten with the country....

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A visitor’s guide to toilets in Japan

Trish Burgess Posted on18/11/201919/11/2019 Japan, japanese toilets, TOTO washlet 4 Comments
Toilet signs in Japan

Top of my Christmas list this year is a TOTO Washlet. No, it’s not a flannel for Dorothy’s little dog but a high-tech Japanese toilet. The all-singing, all-dancing lavatories we discovered in Japan were...

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A tale of Typhoon Hagibis and the Rugby World Cup

Trish Burgess Posted on15/11/201910/01/2020 Japan, Rugby World Cup, Scotland Rugby, Typhoon Hagibis 8 Comments
Japanese and Scottish rugby supporters, Shizuoka

It’s Saturday 12 October 2019. We’re in Tokyo waiting for Typhoon Hagibis to hit the mainland of Japan. The advice is to stay indoors so we’re sitting in our room, on the 22nd floor...

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