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-Edinburgh

Edinburgh’s Golden Hour

  “Breathes there a man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne’er within him burned, As […]

-Manchester

Not the London Eye

-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 44 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photo(s) taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with an […]

-Barcelona

The Giants of Pi

Back in the Middle Ages, in Barcelona, the giants Goliath and St. Christopher, along with several monstrous beasts, were an important part of the Corpus Christi celebration.  Guivernau recognised the Giants of […]

Uncategorized

I Bet You Can’t Eat Three!

Shredded Wheat was invented in 1893 by Henry Perky in Denver, Colorado and was initially distributed from a factory in Niagara Falls. UK production didn’t begin until 1928 when the famous white Shredded Wheat […]

Dog

Pets and Travel Do Mix

I don’t have a pet at the moment, my lifestyle just isn’t suitable right now.  But when I did have my beloved dog one of the hardest things was leaving him […]

-Ireland

X is for… XVI June

As mentioned in James met Nora, XVI June is Blooms Day. I took yesterday’s Lincoln’s Inn photo last year, 2013, but by some weird coincidence I ended up back in Dublin yesterday, June […]

-Ireland

Where James met Nora

-or Happy Bloomsday  On 16th June 1904, James Joyce met his wife Nora Barnacle for the first time.  Well, actually, it seems they first met on 10th June but they […]