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England Grand Tour (2021): Day 5: Winchester and More

29 June 2021 RandR.scot Big Trip, Big Trip Diary Entry, England, Europe, UK

Onwards to Winchester Today’s breakfast was at Caffè Nero on Marlborough’s High Street, after which it was back to the Premier Inn for showers and packing. Our next destination was

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England Grand Tour (2021): Day 2: Getting Reacquainted with Durham

17 June 2021 RandR.scot Big Trip, Big Trip Diary Entry, England, Europe, UK

Before lunch We had breakfast at the local branch of Caffè Nero, a few minutes’ walk away via Elvet Bridge and the Market Place. In due course, we set out

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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: 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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Ice sculpture

Japan in Winter (2020): Day 6: Last full day in Sapporo

8 August 2020 RandR.scot Asia, Big Trip, Big Trip Diary Entry, Japan

Today, like Thursday before it, was neatly subdivided into three sections. After sampling a McDonalds breakfast (which, if anything, was marginally better than the previous day’s Starbucks experience), we set

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