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Category: England

September 2020: London

15 November 2020 RandR.scot England, Europe, UK

Our base Our London base for this visit was relatively unusual: the Holiday Inn Express, Limehouse. It certainly didn’t represent IHG at its finest: the neighbourhood was slightly dodgy, it

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August 2020: The Lake District

31 October 2020 RandR.scot England, Europe, UK

My Northern England road trip ended with a pass through some of my favourite spots in the Lake District, breaking my own rule that it’s normally best not to visit

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August 2020: Lancaster

28 October 2020 RandR.scot England, Europe, UK

The relatively small, but venerable city of Lancaster (population 52,000) is situated in northwest England. The name is derived from ‘Castle on the (River) Lune’, an explanation that imparts a

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August 2020: The town made famous by the Covid-19 crisis

12 October 2020 RandR.scot England, Europe, UK

Background I suppose I must have come across the name Barnard Castle prior to the year 2020: I know for a fact that I have driven the A66 several times,

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August 2020: North Yorkshire (Alphabetical) Neighbours

26 September 2020 RandR.scot England, Europe, UK

By the beginning of August, I realised that it had been over four months since I last spent a night away from home. Day trips are all very well, but

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March 2020: Three Cities: 3. Norwich

29 August 2020 RandR.scot England, Europe, UK

Arrival I travelled from London to Norwich on a Greater Anglia express train, using a heavily discounted ‘Advance First’ ticket. It was one of the company’s brand new, Swiss-built Stadler

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March 2020: Three Cities: 2. London

27 August 2020 RandR.scot England, Europe, UK

I arrived in London from Amsterdam, unusually, and a little later than planned (thanks to issues with the GWR service from Bristol), met up with Bruce at our base for

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Leap-Year London (2020)

22 August 2020 RandR.scot England, Europe, UK

Barely a few days after my previous visit to London, I found myself flying south once more, this time on the Saturday itself – the last day of a leap-year

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February 2020: London

22 August 2020 RandR.scot England, Europe, UK

As I have written previously, albeit not here, London is not necessarily my favourite place in the world, but it is easily my most visited destination outside my native Scotland.

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