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Following the Roy Hodgson Tourist Trail

Trish Burgess Posted on05/05/201201/04/2017 Sweden 28 Comments

Ok, I’d better come clean. I’ve been somewhat disingenuous when I said the inspiration for our trip to Sweden is a desire to see more of the Scandinavia we glimpsed on our visit to Copenhagen

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Dr McGregor-Robertson’s Guide to Spa Resorts

Trish Burgess Posted on01/05/201207/04/2016 Lucky Dip 27 Comments

I know some of you (Kelloggsville?) have been wondering what has happened to the expert advice gleaned from The Household Physician 1874 (updated 1907). You may recall I shared the good doctor’s wisdom in the following posts:

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Son’s Travel Diaries – aged 10

Trish Burgess Posted on26/04/201207/04/2016 Cruise 32 Comments

After sharing my rather earnest and slightly prissy travel diaries with you this week, I showed them to my son Rory. He roared with laughter and then reminded me that he completed a travel diary

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A ‘Mum’s Gone To’ travel post, aged 12

Trish Burgess Posted on23/04/201207/04/2016 Lucky Dip 34 Comments

You might think I’ve only been at this travel-writing lark for a few years but take a look at this scanned page from an exercise book and you’ll see that in October 1976, aged 12,

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Review: Paul Merton, Out Of My Head Tour, King’s Lynn

Trish Burgess Posted on22/04/201207/04/2016 Musical Theatre/Am dram/Entertainment 17 Comments

It’s always a bit ominous when you set off for an evening to see a show knowing it hasn’t been particularly well-received by the critics and the general public. I’d bought tickets for us to see

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Yes, your highness

Trish Burgess Posted on17/04/201207/04/2016 Lucky Dip 42 Comments

When I bring supper to my son, Rory, I usually pop it on a lap tray and make sure I dodge out of the way of the telly for the little prince, muttering to myself,

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Travelling with the Scandinavian Detectives

Trish Burgess Posted on15/04/201204/04/2017 Sweden 33 Comments

It wasn’t our intention to plan a summer holiday which takes in the locations of popular Scandi-thrillers but we do seem to have created a fly-drive itinerary which may well require me to adopt a

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#FriFotos – Balls

Trish Burgess Posted on06/04/201207/04/2016 FriFotos 25 Comments

An unusual theme for this week’s #FriFotos theme on Twitter, organised by @HotelPRGuy, @EpsteinTravels and @TravelDesigned: Balls. Here’s a few balls from my travels: Madrid – Museo Reina Sofia Found in the Reina Sofia museum

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