HMS Tyne nestles into the Fish Quay Sunday morning brought the strange and unaccustomed sensation of sunshine, so we headed[…]
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Grainger Market a Newcastle gem
The Grainger market is 188 years old! It was built to replace an open air butcher’s market and is one of the few remaining 19th century buildings still trading as a covered market in the UK.
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Normandy in France – eh bien! Despite blustery and wet conditions, rural life in Normandy proves itself to be undeniably[…]
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Why visit France?
France is the Brit’s favourite country after Spain. Proximity is of course one reason we like to visit France. Getting there has never been so easy since the opening of the Eurotunnel but we have always set off across the channel by sea or by air to the land of “Liberté, égalité, fraternité”
Read moreDubai or not to buy..
Big bold Burj Breaking the journey from Australia back to blighty at the Emirates airline hub in Dubai is a[…]
Read moreThe Echidna is the brains of the operation..
A highlight towards the end of my trip was my much anticipated visit to Chidlow Marsupial Hospital in the[…]
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Day 4 at Native Animal Rescue Frankie the possum makes his escape bid The Pelican lives! This is good as[…]
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Day 2 at Native Animal Rescue First fix the Bandicoot’s breakfast. The Bandicoot is a small cute pointy nosed marsupial with[…]
Read moreDay one at native animal rescue (NAR) Western Australia.
I receive my induction chat along with the other new volunteers at the Fauna Rescue centre in Malaga (pronounced Ma[…]
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