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Category: Travel

To Blog or not to Blog

January 29, 2020 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

My blog has not been updated for a few months, however, I wonder if I have any regular readers who…

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Posted in: Food & Drink, Travel Filed under: author, Blogging, Dave Fox, drink, eating, food, Globejotting, meal, Oxford, reading, restaurant

Road trip to Scotland

September 24, 2019 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

Earlier this month I spent a long weekend in Edinburgh visiting family and spent some time visiting The Trossachs and…

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Posted in: Travel, Uncategorized Filed under: Fife, lochs, ports, scenery, scenic, Scotland, Trossachs, water

Holiday Summer 2019

July 13, 2019 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

We are doing a river cruise for the first time this year sailing up the Rhône from Arles to Beaune…

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Posted in: Travel, Uncategorized Filed under: France, holiday, Rhone, river, Valley, water

Travel ban to Cuba

June 10, 2019 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

I see that the good old US of A is implementing a ban on travel to Cuba under the “Person…

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Posted in: Travel Filed under: cars, colourful, Cuba, havana, pink, transport, vintage

A Place I’d like to visit – another piece from my travel writing course.

April 30, 2019 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

Wildlife, wine and rugby, anticipating the British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa in 2021, David McGill explores why…

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Posted in: Sport, Travel Filed under: destinations, South Africa

William Huskisson statue

April 22, 2019 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

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Posted in: Local History, Travel Filed under: London, memorial, ornate, parliamentarian, Pimlico Gardens, railway fatality, statue, toga, unusual, William Huskisson

Stratford upon Avon

April 16, 2019 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

Here are a couple of photos from my visit to Stratford last week.

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Posted in: Travel Filed under: big wheel, entertainment, ferris wheel, ferry, leisure, river, River Avon, Stratford upon Avon, transport, Warwickshire, water, waterway

Wonders of Photoshop

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I made the most of a couple of sunny days last week and ended up in neighbouring Warwickshire in the…

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Posted in: Local History, Travel Filed under: barn, building, camera never lies, historic, manipulation, object removal, old, Photoshop, Warwickshire, Wormleighton

Wednesday Walk

April 5, 2019 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

Out for a walk on Wednesday afternoon. Image converted to B&W using Tonality – Dark Noir setting

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Posted in: Travel, Weather Filed under: clouds, enhanced, exercise, footpath, landscape, leisure, manipulation, monochrome, path, software, Tonality, walking

Dinner Companions

March 29, 2019 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

The final “assignment” we had to write for the travel writing course was 250 words about “someone I met while…

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Posted in: Activities, Travel Filed under: background, conversation, cruising, film, life, movies, passengers, people, personalities, roots, travel

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