Proximity Travel Archive

  • Last weekend we took a trip up to the beautiful Lake District.  We were lucky to get a couple of wonderfully sunny days.  Here are a few of my favourite...

    Photo Friday: A weekend in the Lake District

    Last weekend we took a trip up to the beautiful Lake District.  We were lucky to get a couple of wonderfully sunny days.  Here are a few of my favourite...

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  • After a wonderfully refreshing four days walking the South Downs (more to come on that) I found myself once again up at silly o’clock and getting my resisting self ready...

    Pretending Not to be a Backpacker

    After a wonderfully refreshing four days walking the South Downs (more to come on that) I found myself once again up at silly o’clock and getting my resisting self ready...

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  • We got back yesterday from a wonderful four day trip to the South Downs in South East England.  The trip was, in theory, an opportunity for us to check out all...

    Three things I wish I’d taken walking on the South Downs

    We got back yesterday from a wonderful four day trip to the South Downs in South East England.  The trip was, in theory, an opportunity for us to check out all...

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  • Paris had never been top of my ‘ I want to travel to…’ list.  Despite numerous friends raving about their experiences, it just didn’t hold a great appeal for me. ...

    4/50: 54 Hours in Paris

    Paris had never been top of my ‘ I want to travel to…’ list.  Despite numerous friends raving about their experiences, it just didn’t hold a great appeal for me. ...

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  • In the shadow of  Notre Dame where this simple bridge spans the River Seine, lovers hold hands as they attach a padlock to the wire.  Some have been engraved, others...

    Photo Friday: Paris

    In the shadow of  Notre Dame where this simple bridge spans the River Seine, lovers hold hands as they attach a padlock to the wire.  Some have been engraved, others...

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  • At the end of April Alan and I are going on a much needed holiday.  While we’ve been away separately since we returned from Thailand, we haven’t been abroad together...

    Travelling with hand luggage only

    At the end of April Alan and I are going on a much needed holiday.  While we’ve been away separately since we returned from Thailand, we haven’t been abroad together...

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  • I hadn’t particularly been looking forward to going to New York last weekend.  Not that I didn’t want to go, simply as it’s somewhere I have been twice before, I...

    A sunny weekend in New York

    I hadn’t particularly been looking forward to going to New York last weekend.  Not that I didn’t want to go, simply as it’s somewhere I have been twice before, I...

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  • For as long as I can remember I’ve been dreaming of travel and  aiming to be as far away from the UK as possible.  Every time I’ve returned from a trip I’ve...

    Proximity Travel

    For as long as I can remember I’ve been dreaming of travel and  aiming to be as far away from the UK as possible.  Every time I’ve returned from a trip I’ve...

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  • One of the possible trips we’ve been looking into is a 6 month paid English teaching placement in China with RealGap. This last weekend saw the Chinese New Year celebrations...

    Chinese New Year in London

    One of the possible trips we’ve been looking into is a 6 month paid English teaching placement in China with RealGap. This last weekend saw the Chinese New Year celebrations...

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