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A year of discovery

From bugs to beaches to beautiful vistas

Month: Nov 2025

Posted on Nov 2, 2025

A jaunt across the Irish sea

Well, I could hardly title it "Back to the Isle of Man", that's been done, I'm sure. After returning from the Lake District and bidding farewell to our traveling companions, we hopped on a train to catch a ferry to the Isle of Man. It was a bit of a novelty, I've been to the …

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Posted on Nov 2, 2025Nov 2, 2025

A return to the early days

Twenty-eight years ago we left England to return to Canada after 3 years living in Lancaster and with a new family member, our first child, in tow. Our trip to the UK this autumn was partly to revisit those old haunts. Lancaster feels even more of a university town than it did when we left. …

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Posted on Nov 1, 2025

Driving in England Pt.2

The trip to Scotland was a real eye opener, but we weren't done with U.K driving. After a couple of days relaxing on trains, we picked up our second rental car in Morecambe. This one was a Nissan Qashqai, another small SUV ( much needed to carry the luggage of four passengers) and as boxy …

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