English Weather - poem by Wendy Cope - image Zoe Dawes
Book, England

A poetic grumble about English Weather and why I love it

December 28, 2018 by Zoe Dawes 1 Comment
What’s the thing most people talk about in the UK? Well, at the moment it’s possibly Brexit, though it’s banned in our house as I can’t bear to discuss it. However, a safe topic many of us resort to when meeting strangers or having chit-chat, is the weather. It’s part...
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The Extra Mile by Alastair Sawday and Laura Collacott
Book, Cumbria, QT Review

Go ‘The Extra Mile’ off the M6 in Cumbria for tasty foodie options

May 4, 2018 by Zoe Dawes 3 Comments
The smell of freshly-baked bread mingles with the enticing aroma of chocolate, almonds, coffee and fresh flowers. I’m sitting by the window in the Three Hares Café in the little town of Sedbergh, just 10 minutes off the M6 in Cumbria. I’m on the first stop on a day following...
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Porlock sign Exmoor
Book, England, QT Review

Quirky Travel Review: Slow Travel – North Devon and Exmoor guide book

November 18, 2017 by Zoe Dawes 3 Comments
“Our Slow guides to British regions are the foremost of their kind, opening up Britain’s special places in a way that no other guides do. Discover the spots that aren’t normally publicised, meet the locals, find out where the best food can be enjoyed indulge in a little cultural foraging...
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Dr Seuss Oh the Places You'll Go with The Quiry Traveller
Adventure, Book, QT Review

‘Oh, the places you’ll go!’ Life’s adventure with Dr Seuss

July 13, 2016 by Zoe Dawes 5 Comments
Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! The opening words of ‘Oh, the places you’ll go’, a delightful little book by Dr Seuss, are positive and life-affirming. They also epitomize the philosophy of many of us who choose to set off to Great Places as...
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Book, QT Review, Writing

The Rough Guide to The Titanic

May 19, 2012 by Zoe Dawes 3 Comments
The Rough Guide to The Titanic by Greg Ward THE TITANIC: The Legend – The Controversies – The Awful Truth … this is the jacket blurb on the cover of Greg Ward’s excellent Rough Guide to the The Titanic – what really happened on the Titanic, before, during and after...
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Paleokastritsa Corfu Greece
Book, Europe, Personal, QT Review

Mythically magical Corfu and My Family and Other Animals

October 26, 2011 by Zoe Dawes 13 Comments
Once upon a time a quirky young woman took her second trip abroad to a far off island full of myths, literary links, bosky olive groves and men called Spiro.  She’d first read about this island in a funny book called ‘My Family and Other Animals’  by Gerald Durrell, a...
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