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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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Comfort and Joy: SADOS brings Christmas Cheer to Spalding

Trish Burgess Posted on20/11/201007/04/2016 Musical Theatre/Am dram/Entertainment 4 Comments

A foggy night in Spalding; miserable, dank and gloomy. What better way to lift the spirits than a trip to the theatre for a night of pre-Christmas laughs with Mike Harding’s sparkling comedy, Comfort and Joy.

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The Gallery – Before and After – The Money Shot!

Trish Burgess Posted on16/11/201007/04/2016 The gallery 25 Comments

The theme for this week’s Gallery is “Before and After”, the idea being to recreate an old photo from years ago. I thought about this and then, as you do, decided to cheat. Totally ignoring

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My Favourite Teacher

Trish Burgess Posted on09/11/201007/04/2016 Lucky Dip 21 Comments

I was chatting to my mum on the phone and she posed the question: “Do you think your love of Geography had anything to do with your first Geography teacher at secondary school, Miss Kavanagh?”

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Mum’s Gone to Luton with EasyJet – eventually.

Trish Burgess Posted on06/11/201007/04/2016 EasyJet, Flying, Madrid, Spain 12 Comments

After three wonderful days in Madrid we took a taxi to the airport in plenty of time for our 17.10 flight to Luton. Having decided this time to just take carry-on luggage, we wheeled our

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An Art Attack in Madrid

Trish Burgess Posted on02/11/201007/04/2016 Madrid, Spain 12 Comments

ET’s Mother? No, it’s ‘Man with a Pipe’ (Joan Miro) I do love a good art gallery, me. Over the years we have dragged Rory round numerous exhibitions and we’ve usually found something of interest

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Look who I saw in Madrid…

Trish Burgess Posted on31/10/201002/08/2016 Madrid, Spain 22 Comments

Madrid is a city full of beautiful, fashionable, sophisticated people. Yet here, in the Plaza Mayor, was Spiderman with a paunch. In the photo he was actually holding in his gut for the ladies and they seemed

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Mum’s Gone to Madrid – how sexy can a hotel be?

Trish Burgess Posted on29/10/201028/12/2016 Madrid, Spain 22 Comments

Have just returned from a frankly exhausting few nights spent in the most sensual, hedonistic hotel I’ve ever had the pleasure to stay in. Sometimes minimalist hotels can lack a bit of warmth. Not so the Hotel

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Mum’s Gone to Spain but Spain has come to Mum

Trish Burgess Posted on25/10/201007/04/2016 Guest post 10 Comments

I may have disappeared for a few days but have left you in the very capable hands of Wendy from Very Bored in Catalunya. I have been following her posts for a year now because she

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