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Durham and York
Finished the cereal we've had left over at the hostel. Walked to the car, filled up the tank just outside Edinburgh and headed towards Durham. Stopped on the coast after Dunbar for a few photos of the cliffs. Continued the long drive south to Durham. Arrived at The Sands car park at 2. Had a quiche and a slice of orange cake at a Mediterranean bakery west across the river from the Durham peninsula. Came up to Palace Green where we saw the entrance to Durham Castle and more ...
Airports and aeroplanes
... version of every popular Christmas song?! On repeat?! It is nothing short of a miracle that I didn't go crazy listening to it, people could've been killed and I truly believe that any jury would've pardoned such acts of violence had they have been given a sample tape as evidence of this God awful music! Anyways, my flight's called (finally) and this time I have a window seat next to an elderly oriental lady. She is either very ignorant or deaf as ...
A few pints before we leave!
... huge bunch of flowers from Marcus and Jenny and of course, the Miss Piggy companion for Kermit... who himself sends a very big thank you to Claire!
I would have said we are now counting the days until we leave, but Norma started that months ago...
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I've seen Fire and I've seen Rain
For those of you who know the James Taylor song.
Fire. After my first unsuccessful attempt to get the gas heater working I finally cracked it on Monday. I think it was just the igniter that wasn't working as when I cleaned up the contacts it lit straight away. The fan heater is good but a bit noisy. We had one in the motor home last time, but this van would easily be twice the size in area and the little oil ...
A York That´s Not New
... to the excellent York Castle Museum. Displays focused on various aspects of the last 4 centuries. We were just having a jolly good time, going from exhibit to exhibit, when we were stopped dead in our tracks. In adisplay of kitchens over the last 100 years, lo and behold, representing the kitchen of the 70-80s was.... our kitchen, wood-trimmed almond cupboards and all. Yes, our kitchen had made it into a museum. Was this a message from above? ...
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