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Category Archives: Writing: Travel: England
Walking London: Tate to Tate
Good Morning Therm. I can’t believe you haven’t been to London. It seems like every time I turn around you’re jaunting off to some South Asian country just to make me jealous. So London. For a day. What … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Ben, England, London, St. Paul's Cathedral, Tate Gallery, Tate London, Tate Modern, Trafalgar Square, Travel, walking, Writing
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Stone Circles, Sherlock Holmes and the Rain at Grimspound [Part 3]
The interior of the large stone circle was littered with small huts, some more elaborate than others. This one has an entryway, which is where the men of 4000 years ago would leave their umbrellas when returning home to their … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient, Devon, England, Moor, stone circle, Travel, Writing
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Stone Circles, Sherlock Holmes and the Rain at Grimspound [Part 2]
After the coffee and the fire at the Two Bridges hotel warmed our bones, we set out again as it was not raining at the moment. I had read a couple websites, and a couple guidebooks on how to get … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient, Devon, England, Moor, stone circle, Travel, Writing
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Stone Circles, Sherlock Holmes and the Rain at Grimspound [Part 1]
In this continuing adventure of walking on the moor, we had left my mother and I suceeding in only two of our three goals. [For the first adventure click here: The Devon Moors: Walking Near Two Bridges, [Part 1] … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient, Devon, England, Moor, stone circle, Travel, Writing
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The Devon Moors: Walking Near Two Bridges [Part 3]
The next photograph is a 360 degree panorama taken from the second tor. [Please click on it to see it at full size, and maybe even click on it twice if your browser scales photographs for size.] … Continue reading
The Devon Moors: Walking Near Two Bridges [Part 2]
Over one of the round soft hills, and suddenly there is a grove of trees. An out of place grove of trees, which can’t even be seen for most of the walk. This (pod? leave? root) that’s it, a … Continue reading
The Devon Moors: Walking Near Two Bridges, [Part 1]
Many people have many reasons for visiting Dartmoor, but I think mine were slightly different: To stare at the beautiful scenery till I felt like I was living in Hobbiton, till amazing, sickening cuteness drove me insane. To break … Continue reading
Once By Train: Walking From Budleigh Salterton to Exmouth
Once upon a time, there were two train lines that terminated in Exmouth. One is still in use and travels from Exeter to Exmouth through Lympstone. The other one came through Budleigh Salterton to Exmouth. The branch line that came … Continue reading
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Tagged abandoned, Budleigh Salterton, England, Exmouth, train, Travel, Writing
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What Not To Say In A Pub
Sunday afternoon and I’m walking in the drizzle along the Exe Estuary. It’s not raining hard enough to put up the umbrella, just enough to gently bead water on the right side of my glasses from the soft tail … Continue reading
Not So Sweet
Today was sunny again, after three days of constant drizzle. I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining. I enjoy the rain, the gray days sitting inside, looking out the window and dreaming. But I also enjoy, after the … Continue reading
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Tagged Devon, England, Travel, Writing
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Molested in Tree Shaded Daylight
Last Thursday I was molested in tree shaded daylight. After visiting Book Cycle, where I picked up another Terry Pratchett and a well-used and beautiful 1950’s Roget’s Thesaurus, I was now sitting in Exeter’s Cathedral Green with my bacon sandwich … Continue reading
Exeter’s (Boring) Underground Passages.
It’s the only underground tour in the whole of England, our guide says. And I was excited. My imagination rolled with so many things to be seen underneath the city of Exeter. There are 2000 year-old Roman walls scattered … Continue reading
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