Following the route taken by John Bellows in the winter of 1863

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In February 1863 my great-grandfather John Bellows travelled from Gloucester to the Southern Norway port of Arendal, allegedly to visit his sick fiancée.

Travelling in the dead of winter in those days was pretty hazardous, but he made it and subsequently wrote a book entitled "A Winter Journey from Gloucester to Norway". (This was before he wrote such literary gems as "A week's Holiday in the Forest of Dean" and the wonderfully-titled "Remarks on certain anonymous articles designed to render Queen Victoria unpopular"). The book is tantalising because although it is a marvel of descriptive writing, certain important facts are omitted, so I decided to put in some detective-work to find out why he REALLY made the journey

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  Leave Home   London, United Kingdom on Jun 7, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Train to Harwich   Harwich, United Kingdom on Jun 7, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ferry Harwich -> Hook   Hook of Holland, Netherlands on Jun 7, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  Train to Hamburg   Hamburg, Germany on Jun 7, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Train to Copenhagen   Copenhagen, Denmark on Jun 8, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Train to Elsinor   Elsinor, Denmark on Jun 9, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  Ferry to Helsinborg   Helsinborg, Sweden on Jun 9, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  To Angelholm   Angelholm, Sweden on Jun 9, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  To Varberg   Varberg, Sweden on Jun 10, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Gothenborg   Gothenborg, Sweden on Jun 11, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Gothenbuorg to Fallbakka   Fjallabakka, Sweden on Jun 12, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Drive to Stromstad   Stromstad, Sweden on Jun 13, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Stromstad to Sandefjord   Sandefjord, Norway on Jun 13, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Search at Tjome   Tjome, Norway on Jun 13, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Drive to Larvik   Larvik, Norway on Jun 13, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  Drive to Arendal   Arendal, Norway on Jun 14, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
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  Researching in Arendal   Arendal, Norway on Jun 16, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Drive to Sandefjord   Sandefjord, Norway on Jun 17, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ferry to Stromstad   Stromstad, Sweden on Jun 17, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To Uddevalla   Uddevalla, Sweden on Jun 18, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  To Gulholmen   Gulholmen, Sweden on Jun 18, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
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  Gothenburg to Helsinborg   Helsinborg, Sweden on Jun 19, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Day in Copenhagen   Copenhagen, Denmark on Jun 20, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Fly back to London   London, United Kingdom on Jun 20, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments