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Roman Baths & Bizarre Comedy
(Written Tuesday, 5/12/09) We’re exhausted already. Crossed the Severn River on a l-o-n-g bridge over the estuary area where the tide meets the freshwater and churns up the mud. Nice drive, only an...
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Glastonbury Abbey and Glastonbury Tor
(Written 5/14/09) Glastonbury has so many legends wrapped around it it’s ridiculous. And Glastonbury Tor is taller than it looks! View from half-way up Glastonbury Tor. Cloudy day. Long way up - the...
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Stonehenge and Old Sarum
(Written Friday, 5/15) It was rather gray, threatening rain on Thursday, with heavy showers expected Friday, so we flipped our days around and left the Cathedral for Friday to be inside when it was...
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Organ Music and the Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Cathedral We were at Salisbury Cathedral this morning (Friday the 15th), too early to have a tour or to climb the steps in the tower, but it was almost better. We got there after the early...
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Village of Lacock – Scenes from Pride & Prejudice
Lacock Village (Written 5/15/09) Since we had been to Old Sarum the day before, I had browsed around for what to do in the afternoon. We were all museum-ed out. So we drove up to the Village of...
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Driving in Ireland: the Basics
The first step toward driving in Ireland is to ride in the front passenger seat with an Irish driver. When you’ve done that enough so you don’t cringe and lean sideways every time an oncoming car...
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Driving on Irish Country Roads – with video
Have you mastered The Basics? That’s grand, then, so. Onward to country lanes: First, disabuse yourself of the notion that you get to see the Irish countryside when you drive. Make a rule that the...
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St Patrick’s Day in Ireland
Shamrocks - pick a few and tuck them in your pocket! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! But first, please save me from American advertising! Whoever started the change from Paddy to Patty should be taken behind...
View ArticleForget Hotels – Stay in an Irish Castle!
Skip the cozy Irish Bed-and-Breakfasts. Skip the Maldron and Jury’s Inn hotels. Spend a night in a castle instead! During our three weeks in Ireland, my search for a reasonably-priced hotel in Sligo...
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