On English Soil
Blog posts
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On English Soil ... York Minster
From the tropical heat of SE Asia to a rainy summer arrival week back in England ... I certainly needed an adjustment period but there were places to go, friends to see and things to do. I could not afford to sit still. First stop was Northallerton and wonderful Emma...
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On English Soil ... Easby Abbey and Richmond
With the Yorkshire Dales walking trip shunted aside once again, Emma decided that a sedate walk in Richmond would fill a mid-morning to late afternoon. Mali safe in childcare, we drove along little country lanes into the picuresque town. Richmond is the epitome of a...
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On English Soil ... Countryfile Live!
Rural, agricultural and environmental issues. That is what Countryfile, a British TV series is all about. Now, I’ve never seen Countryfile but I’d say that it sounds like my kinda show! It was refreshing after such an environmentally eye-opening trip to SE Asia,...
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On English Soil ... Seals at Blakeney Point on the North Norfolk Coast
Even back in the 1970s Beans Boats ran seal trips and my Mother went to see them. She was eighteen then and was none too keen to be on a family camping trip. In her old diary that she has since nosed into for me she has recorded the day in true teenage fashion: 'August...