Category: United Kingdom
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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, then I left the island and headed to Berwick-upon-Tweed and a train to Newcastle.
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Arts and crafts
One of my favourite childhood moments was selling a life-sized bounty hunter drawing to a hard-bastard at school, for a can of coke and a Moro bar.
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I’m a bag of nerves…
I’ve spent the best part of a year being super excited about going on the dig, but these last few days I’ve felt quite sick with nerves! Try as I might to talk myself out of the anxious feeling I just couldn’t, and I got quieter and quieter, and grumpier…
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Manchester – a tour, PRBs, and Festwich!
We have these wonderful friends – Steph is from Sheffield, and Derek is from Manchester. They live near us in New Zealand, and happened to be in Manchester at the same time as us, so offered to give us a tour of the city last Thursday arvo. I can highly…
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The right to roam
On foot we’re an inhale away from fox piss, cider farms and in the towns, someone else’s ganja.
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Bear pit, bulldogs, and Little John of Hathersage
Because I rest a lot and take things at a fairly relaxed pace it can be easy to think that I’m not fitting much in to my days; certainly, I’m not doing as much as I would if I only had three days in Sheffield and had to race around,…
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Four museums in one week..
The week that was – was a a bit quieter, so hopefully not such a long post this week, although you know me – I love to blather! Sunday was a rest day, and Monday pretty chill – we walked up to the old Abbey but there’s not much to…
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Shifting to Sheffield
You’ll be pleased to learn the temps have dropped to a far more civilised mid-20s, so there should be a bit less whining about weather this week. Since last week’s episode I had a pretty quiet week, partly cos I was tired, partly cos I was broke, and partly cos…
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Plymouth in a heatwave
I’m going to try very hard to not complain about the heat because a) I know we are very lucky to have lots of sunshine, and b) it’s not stopped raining at home since I left; but suffice to say it’s HOT and the UK isn’t really set up for…
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Touring Torquay and perusing Plymouth
Torquay is a hilly place, it’s been a real theme of the trip so far… so we got some good workouts in! There are really distinct areas in Torquay, with noticeably different building styles. There are lots of terraced streets, some beautiful old buildings, and some newer ones that made…
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