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Leaving the Islands

  • By Year
    • 2017
      • Early Days
        • So where to next and when?
        • To Lichfield
        • Great Road Trip – Heading North
          • North and further north
          • Lockerbie, Dumfries, The Falkirk Wheel
          • Highlands and Islands
          • Broken Ferries and a new route south
          • Where am I ?
        • “Settling” for a restful few days
          • Rother Valley
          • Being in Yorkshire – cultural and culinary delights
          • Getting Organised – more dots
          • Sevenoaks and environs
          • To the North East
          • Northern Exposure
      • Out of Britain 
        • Familiar Territory and a missing link
        • The countdown begins!
        • T -3 days
        • T -1 day
      • Bye bye Las Canteras, see you next year?
        • Destination Dubai
        • Bye bye Dubai 
        • 香港
        • So Long, Hong Kong
        • GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!
        • Ahoy Hanoi!
        • Sam pan in Hoi An
        • Hoi An + 1
        • No way to Hue, Hoi An + 2
        • Sunsets in Saigon 
      • Onward to Oz
        • Spring in Sydney
        • Sydney Suburbs 
        • Sydney to Yarra: an A1 Road Trip
        • Welcome to Yarra Junction
        • Melbourne Moments
        • Tastes of Tasmania
    • 2018
      • New Year, New Zealand, New Adventure!
        • Arboreal Auckland
        • Mission (Bay) accomplished
        • All a-glow in Waipu
        • Discovering the Discovery Coast
        • From Discoverer to Explorer
        • Back to Back house sits
        • Rotten Eggs in Rotorua
        • Tipping it down in Taupo
        • Natty Napier
        • Windy Welly
      • South Island NZ
        • Reconstructing Christchurch
        • Dunedin Drop-in
        • Queenstown -Quest’s End
        • Christchurch Revisited
      • More Melbourne
        • Why Warrnambool ?
        • Melbourne – one more time …
        • “Singaporing in the rain”
      • Home Territory
        • Wandering in Wessex
        • Through the Home Counties to Bedfordshire, Burton and beyond! ​
      • Viva Las Vegas!
        • New Mexico – “Chile Capital of the World” and our first house sit of the tour.
        • Route 66 and the Grand Canyon
        • Peterborough Again!
        • Return to Oakville
      • Made it to Mexico – South of the Border!
        • Sunshine in San Miguel de Allende
        • Murals in Morelia
        • Priceless Precious Pátzcuaro
        • Around Pátzcuaro Lake land of the Purepecha people
    • 2019
      • New Years Treat
      • Second time in San Miguel de Allende
      • Teotihuacán – Aztec archeology
      • Puebla City
      • Tulum: here we come
      • Out and about in the Yucatan
      • Jalisco
      • Ajijic – Mardi Gras
      • San Antonio, Jalisco
      • México – Capital city
      • Xochimilco and Mariachi
      • Ajijic Again
      • Mexico Muster
      • World Tour 3 – back to Mexico
        • A brief stop in Guadalajara
        • Muertos in Michoacan
        • Peaceful Pátzcuaro!
        • CDMX Chapultepec
        • Caribbean Christmas
      • Slow Boat to Blighty
        • Iberian Peninsula
        • To the East
        • Up North
        • South coast and back
    • 2020
      • Chic Martinique
      • Chilly Cheltenham
      • Perspiring in Perth
      • Mornington Meandering Part 1 February
      • Mornington Meandering Part 2 – Alcohol
      • More Mornington – Part 3
      • Not Leaving the Islands!
      • Back to Normal in Barnet?
      • Kidderminster – no kidding!
      • Braving it out in Beeston with Banksy
      • Covid Cruising
    • 2021
      • Winter in Wigton
      • Wandering into Wales
      • Bucolic Billesdon
      • Back to Barnet
      • Discovering Darlington
    • 2022
      • Ludlow Lowdown
      • Briefly in Brussels
      • Appreciating Amsterdam
      • Going to Groningen
      • Understated Utrecht
      • Rural Rucphen
      • Curious about Celtic Cumbernauld, Seriously?
      • Liverpool Link – “From me to you”
      • Murcia-Moments
      • Bédar and Beyond
      • Across the Atlantic
      • Below Zero in Brooklyn
    • 2023
      • Canal Cruising in Panama
      • Florida with Friends & Family
      • Black Labs and Log Fires
      • Another Repositioning Cruise!
      • House Sitting in the Himalayas
      • Engaging Edinburgh
      • Settling in Skipton
      • Helston Days
      • Minding the Mendips
      • Over in Olveston
      • Choosing Chippenham
      • Going to Girona – The Costa Brava
      • The Road Home
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