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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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Inntravel walking holiday: Alnwick and the Northumberland Coast

Trish Burgess Posted on16/08/202102/02/2023 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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Mum’s Gone To Japan: Things to do in Osaka

Trish Burgess Posted on12/03/2020 Japan, Osaka, Things to do in Osaka Leave a Comment
Dotonbori River, Osaka

“Here’s the key to your room, number 1001.” “The carpet will be spotlessly clean then,” I whispered to Dougie, remembering the brand of stain remover I’ve got in the cupboard back home. Unfortunately, we...

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Mum’s Gone to Japan: Kobe

Trish Burgess Posted on19/02/202005/03/2020 Japan, Kobe, Things to do in Kobe 7 Comments
Kobe at night

After six nights in Tokyo and four nights in Hiroshima, our Rugby World Cup trip itinerary moved on to Kobe. Our team, Scotland, already bruised by their battering from Ireland in Yokohama, would be...

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Mum’s Gone To Japan: Miyajima Island

Trish Burgess Posted on11/02/202013/02/2020 Day trip from Hiroshima, Japan, Miyajima island, things to do on Miyajima island 8 Comments
Itsukushima shrine and pagoda, Miyajima

  If you’re looking for a day trip that involves as many forms of transport as possible, try this jaunt we took from Hiroshima to Miyajima island in Japan. We took a plane from...

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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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