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England Grand Tour (2021): Day 16: Cambridge and more

22 July 2021 RandR.scot Big Trip, Big Trip Diary Entry, England, Europe, UK

Beautiful Cambridge Our first true destination in this second ‘road trip within a trip’ was a new one for Bruce: the beautiful university city of Cambridge. Although I had visited

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England Grand Tour (2021): Day 3: From Durham back to Newcastle

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

Farewell walk in Durham Sunday started with another ‘Nero’ breakfast, following which we returned to the hotel for showers and packing. When ready, we headed out for a final Durham

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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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April 2021: East Fife

4 May 2021 RandR.scot Europe, Scotland, UK

My second out-of-area jaunt was across the Forth to Fife, and onwards to the most easterly part of what many Scots continue to refer to as “the Kingdom”. (Fife is

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October 2020: Northern Portugal (Part 6): Coimbra

13 February 2021 RandR.scot Europe, Portugal

Coimbra is a city of around 145,000 people, situated 125km south of Porto. A three-night stay there formed the second part of our trip to northern Portugal. Coimbra is Portugal’s

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