Lugo, Leon and Burgos – Spanish Road Trip Part 3

Now, at last, the final post – Spanish Road Trip Part 3. After leaving Santiago de Compostela, we drove to Santander to catch the ferry home, but taking an inland route via Leon and Burgos.…

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A tale of three places – Paignton, Poundbury and Hastings Pier

When I last left this blog I was still in holiday mode. Well, that’s long past, but there is still space to look back on three contrasting experiences – a visit to Paignton, taking in…

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Hastings Battleaxe goes onwards to Devon

So, Hastings Battleaxe goes onwards to Devon. This is the second blog about our holiday. We left Sennen Cove after a week – see the last post, and journeyed on to Torquay. Our friends asked,…

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Isle of Wight 2 – Ryde, Seaview, Shanklin, Cowes and red squirrels

This is the second post about our lovely trip to the Isle of Wight. Not as long as the first – here is the link to that post.  Here’s about more places we visited, and…

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Coastal Currents and other excitements….

Last week our old friends Sue and Alex came down from Birmingham for a few days.  We did lots of walking, enjoyed the Barefoot Opera ‘Carmen’ on Saturday night, and visited some Coastal Currents Open…

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