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A Scandinavian Winter - chapter 7
Day 8 - Barbados becomes a republic and Arwen catches up with me (and its St Andrews Day) Went a bit mad last night and had two glasses...
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The Bald Journaller
Nov 29, 20216 min read
A Scandinavian Winter - chapter 6
Day 7 - It's another Tequila Sunrise Sorry, I said no more, but I woke again to another specular sunrise, my last on the Norwegian...
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The Bald Journaller
Nov 28, 20213 min read
A Scandinavian Winter - chapter 5
Day 6 - Trondheim and me, again! (an unrequited love affair?) Trondheim and me are meant never to be together. I won't repeat the trials...
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The Bald Journaller
Nov 27, 20214 min read
A Scandinavian Winter - chapter 4
Day 5 - Here comes the sun (and the rest of the universe)! And just like that I am out of the Arctic. This morning we crossed the Arctic...
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The Bald Journaller
Nov 26, 20216 min read
A Scandinavian Winter - chapter 3
Day 4 - The world’s most beautiful ferry? And the world’s most covid compliant company? I have written before about whether or not the...
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The Bald Journaller
Nov 25, 20215 min read
A Scandinavian Winter - chapter 2
Day 3 - When the boat comes in and I become a member of The Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society. Well, who knew? Even without the sun...
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The Bald Journaller
Nov 24, 20216 min read
A Scandinavian Winter - chapter 1
Could be titled: Going where the sun don't shine (no not there, don't be rude!) Or: Winter at 70ºN in the “world’s most northerly town"....
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The Bald Journaller
Sep 11, 20212 min read
My food blog (aka last day in Corfu)
Greek salads since last blog: 2 Greek salads so far: 10 Its all about the Greek salads - well, food in general actually! Sorry about the...
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The Bald Journaller
Sep 10, 20212 min read
Corfu Day 8
Greek salads today: 1 Greek salads so far: 8 Today starts with last night. Two reasons: first, last night’s dinner was absolutely...
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The Bald Journaller
Sep 9, 20213 min read
Corfu Day 7
Greek salads today: 1 Greek salads so far: 7 We are the rainmakers! Apparently it hasn’t rained here since May. But we are in town, and...
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The Bald Journaller
Sep 8, 20213 min read
Corfu Day 6
Greek salads since my last blog: 2 Greek salads so far: 6 Number of times lost: We lost count Double Greek salads! Well to be fair the...
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The Bald Journaller
Sep 7, 20213 min read
Corfu Day 5
Greek salads today: 1 Greek salads so far: 4 Time to explore! Its all well and good this lazing around on Mediterranean beaches, with...
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The Bald Journaller
Sep 6, 20212 min read
Corfu Day 4
Greek salads today: 1 Greek salads so far: 3 What us global correspondents would call a “slow news day”. Given we have spent nearly all...
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The Bald Journaller
Sep 5, 20213 min read
Corfu Day 3
Greek salads today: 1 Greek salads so far: 2 As any poor unfortunate who ever reads this drivel knows I do have a slight tendency to...
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The Bald Journaller
Sep 4, 20213 min read
Corfu Day 1&2
And so another trip begins! It feels like an age since we have approached an airport and I guess that is because … it is! Can’t actually...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 19, 20214 min read
Allowed out … day 17 & 18
Miles today: 194 Miles so far: 2905 Miles tomorrow: 140 estimated Total miles for the trip: 3050+ Pretty good without actually leaving...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 17, 20214 min read
Allowed out … day 16 (an unusual day - everything went to plan!)
Miles today: 201 Miles soda far: 2711 Ruins: 2! Cream teas: 0 - in fact we have had nothing since breakfast! MBC (Miles Before Coffee): a...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 16, 20214 min read
Allowed out ... day 15
Miles today: a mere 81, but almost all of it on high moorland roads - magic! Distance from where we started today as crow flies: about...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 15, 20214 min read
Allowed out ... day 14 (King Eric, leaves Scotland, but not easily!)
Miles today: 208 Miles so far: 2429 u-turns: Eric is claiming none, but then he abandoned our route when we got stopped by a tractor...
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The Bald Journaller
Jun 14, 20214 min read
Allowed out ... day 13 (all routes lead to the Kelpies)
Miles today: 181 Miles so far: 2221 U-turns: excluding the first 10 minutes, none! (but 3 in the first 10 minutes) Culture: 2 - one...
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