Category: Travel
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Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre
On our way home from our Glen Clova trip Allan took me to a place he loved when he was younger, the Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre. I’m not hugely interested in planes but Allan’s face lit up when I said we could go, so how could I let him down?! And I’m glad I…
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My Mini-Adventure To Glen Clova
Allan recently whisked me away for the weekend to his favourite place, Glen Clova in the Cairngorms. I don’t go walking often but Allan’s a bit of a pro. We had gone for an 8 mile walk around Loch Muick (also in the Cairngorms) back in November to see how I’d handle it and I…
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HollyFest At Drum Castle
My friend Lorna and I took a visit to Drum Castle today for HollyFest, a Christmas market held within this beautiful National Trust For Scotland property. We nipped into the garden centre first of all for a bit of Christmas shopping and caught some unexpected carol singing! From the outside the castle looked almost normal……
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My Adventure To Portugal
Recently I was off on my travels to Alvor in Portugal for a wedding. A group of us were staying at Luna Alvor Bay and I was really impressed! I was in room 602 and this was the view from my balcony! The balcony was really long, so I could also see right over the…
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My Mini-Adventure To Glasgow
Last weekend I was down in Glasgow for my friend’s hen weekend. Now, unfortunately, as it was a hen do, I have to edit out some of the “what happens in Glasgow, stays in Glasgow” moments, but we did manage to stick to our own rules: 1. No-one is to end up in A&E 2.…
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My Adventures In Japan – Day 10
Wednesday 14th November 2012 It was our final day and we only had one big thing left to do, and that was to ride the Shinkansen (bullet train) to Kyoto. During our break at the Skytree yesterday we went to Tokyo station to buy tickets for the Shinkansen. Tickets are quite expensive at around £105…
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My Adventures In Japan – Day 9
Tuesday 13th November 2012 We woke up a bit late this morning so swapped the schedule over and did our “last day” things today. We bought one-day passes for the Metro so we could scoot about all over the place, and this cost ¥710. You can also get a one-day pass which does the Metro…
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My Adventures In Japan – Day 8
Monday 12th November 2012 Today we ventured out of Tokyo properly for the first time to visit Kamakura. The JR line train goes directly here from Shinjuku and there’s a really handy tourist information desk within the station. We went there, got maps of the area and popped into Delifrance for some tasty pastries to…
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My Adventures In Japan – Day 7
Sunday 11th November 2012 Despite the turn in the weather, today was another exciting day for me because there’s one thing I really wanted to do when I was in Japan. We got the train to Shibuya, which is a pretty confusing place when you step out of the station! You’re faced with a bus…
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My Adventures In Japan – Day 5 & 6
Friday 9th November 2012 Remember when you were little and it was Christmas and you were so excited you could hardly breathe and you felt like you were going to explode? That was how I felt today. For today was the day that we travelled to Tama Center, the home of Sanrio Puroland, also known…
KAREN & THE CONSTABLES 