Category Archives: holidays

Iceland: It’s What It Says On The Tin; Part Three #iceland #holidays

Posted on Nov 1, 2020 by

My third entry in the Iceland Diaries.. Iceland had lived up to its own stereotype: the geology is otherworldly, converting your bill into sterling is like rubbing soap in your eyes, and the weather swings from chilly to downright parky … Continue reading →

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Iceland – It’s What It Says On The Tin; part two #holidays #iceland

Posted on Oct 31, 2020 by

More Icelandic holiday memories to fill our blank schedules Most countries I visit have something that leaves me discombobulated. Here the simple expedient of a sliding door on a gents toilet saw me standing in the corridor like a lemon … Continue reading →

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Iceland – It’s What It Says On The Tin; Part One #holidays #iceland

Posted on Oct 29, 2020 by

In these crazy months when foreign travel is about as popular as a fart in a lift, I thought we’d revisit some previous holiday trips and my thoughts thereon. This is part one of a trip to Iceland in 2018 … Continue reading →

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Taking Stock(holm) #holidays #sweden #stockholm

Posted on Oct 17, 2020 by

In 2009 the Textiliste and I holidayed in Stockholm as part of a cross Scandi break. This is a repeat of a 2015 post based on my journal and memories… So what springs to mind when Stockholm is mentioned? Abba? … Continue reading →

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Bacon Sarnies And The Tivoli: Travels In Denmark #holidays

Posted on Oct 15, 2020 by

My repostings about my recentish holiday in Finland made me want to revisit my 2009 excursion to Denmark and Sweden (we went on the Finland and then Tallinn and I might take us there too). This though is me on … Continue reading →

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And Finnally, Mad Music And Murky Meals: #finland

Posted on Oct 11, 2020 by

And this is the last Finnish post, or should that be the Finnish Line? Lots more pictures and some ott weirdness… Why is it that, miles into a Finnish forest my phone had 4 bars of signal, 4G too whereas … Continue reading →

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Finnished Yet? Nope, Here’s Another

Posted on Oct 7, 2020 by

People seemed to enjoy my Finnish reprise of our short holiday there a few years back. So this is my take on Helsinki and Tuurku the former capital. As ever I tend to see things from a slightly off the … Continue reading →

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Finland, Finland How I Miss You #reprise #holiday

Posted on Oct 5, 2020 by

Four years ago today, I was on holiday, abroad. How strange those concepts feel now. Still it is lovely to return to the bonkers world that is Finland, if only for a while… Finland is full of trees. When it’s … Continue reading →

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Going For Pembroke: Day Three, The Crab And Bromance Edition

Posted on Sep 13, 2020 by

Our last full day disproved any ‘Wet Wales’ preconceptions we may have held. A day off the physical punishment was allowed, even if the Vet did her own thing. Having watched a minute of her routine (what’s routine about such … Continue reading →

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Going Pembroke: Tiny Wales

Posted on Sep 12, 2020 by

Day two and a longish drive after exercise with the Vet (legs bums and tums plus a cheeky cardio and abs finisher). Cheeky being apposite because at some point during the session my right buttock began deflating, and the abs … Continue reading →

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