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Christmas is underway!
Our last week in Lyon was the start of Christmas making her presence felt, with beautiful lights going up everywhere, lovely shop window decorations, and the…
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France & Friends!
Our second week in Lyon started brilliantly with the arrival of Sarah and Julian from London. They arrived on Sunday evening and we had dinner here…
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From Sweden to France
We had a 12 hour travel day – car, train, bus, two planes, bus, metro, and feet… we finally made it to our apartment about 7pm…
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Learning all I can
One of the great benefits of a forest-next-door, is the early-Autumn mushroom season. As we set off on a family fungi hunt, we were warned that…
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Aurora-hunting in the far north of Sweden
Last weekend we flew up to Kiruna, in Swedish Lappland, in search of the Northern Lights. I’ll not keep you in suspense, we didn’t see them,…
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Två – week two in Sweden
Happily we had amazing weather so on Tuesday and Wednesday we went walking in parks after work. Stockholm has huge and amazing parks (of course!) and…
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Our first week in Sweden
We are big fans of Sweden! The bits we’ve seen so far are beautiful, well-organised, and safe. We’ve been able to find our way around with…
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Our last two weeks in the UK (till Christmas)
Regan had arranged a cat-sit in Andover – down south, about an hour from London, so I had a lovely breakfast with my new archaeology mates,…
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Woodlands and forests
While I never found any of the hogs, strung out on acorn and chestnut highs, I did find ongoing set of cultural and forest management practices,…
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Mind over Mattock
When I last wrote I was feeling very anxious about my time on Lindisfarne, and now it’s been two weeks and a massive rollercoaster of a…