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Africa, Blog trip, Top Tips

5 compelling reasons to visit remarkable Rwanda

May 25, 2016 by Zoe Dawes 16 Comments
Known as the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills‘, Rwanda is quite simply one of the most beautiful countries I have visited. Its landscape is captivating, its lush, green hills rolling endlessly across the country, its lakes flooding out across fertile plains, its rivers flowing powerfully through the land and its...
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Blogging, Top Tips

How to work effectively with local bloggers

April 27, 2016 by Zoe Dawes 7 Comments
  “We’d like to work with local bloggers but I’m not sure how to find them.” “I don’t know if we’d get value from our local bloggers” “I’d prefer to work with a blogger from London/America/Mars – anywhere other than someone I know …” OK, I’m paraphrasing that last one...
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Top Tips, UK

A Grand Day Out in Nottingham

April 15, 2016 by Guest Author 7 Comments
Nottingham Council House – photo Smashman The East Midlands city of Nottingham attracts visitors from all over, and it is not difficult to see why. There really is something for everybody, right from the tourist who never gets tired of visiting museums, the architecture student who loves finding out about the...
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Festival, Top Tips, UK

5 places in Britain for a very special Mother’s Day

February 29, 2016 by Zoe Dawes 7 Comments
Mother’s Day In the UK the day we now call Mother’s Day, was originally known as Mothering Sunday, is a holiday celebrated by Catholic and Protestant Christians in some parts of Europe. It falls on the fourth Sunday in Lent, exactly three weeks before Easter. Wikipedia.  In the UK and Republic...
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Photography, Top Tips

Top 5 Travel Photography Tips

January 16, 2016 by Guest Author 11 Comments
Ever wondered why your holiday snaps don’t come out quite how you want? Do you look at other people’s photos and wonder why they look better than yours? Well, here are 5 Travel Photography Tips from photographer Clare Malley that will help you to take better photos every time. Travel Photography...
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Blog trip, Personal, Top Tips

Top travel experiences of the year

December 31, 2015 by Zoe Dawes 7 Comments
It’s the end of the year and, along with many others, I’ve been looking back over the past 12 months and reflecting on all that has happened. On a personal level it was a big year as my son finished school and started university in Liverpool, so much of the...
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Maple Tree in Ambleside Leaf Peeping in Autumn - photo Zoe Dawes
Cumbria, Outdoors, Top Tips

Leaf-peeping: Autumn in the Lake District

September 25, 2015 by Zoe Dawes 9 Comments
Gold, yellow, orange, amber, burgundy, russet, scarlet, crimson, aubergine, purple, plum, pink, magenta – the splendour of autumn is its colour as memories of summer fade and winter is still a snowflake away … Maple tree in Ambleside Autumn in the Lake District is one of the best times to...
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Ferry going across Friar’s Crag on Derwentwater Ferry going across Friar’s Crag on Derwentwater looking out towards the ‘Jaws of Borrowdale’. I just love this view; it epitomises the best of the Lake District 🤗 

“The first thing which I remember as an event in life was being taken by my nurse to the brow of Friar’s Crag on Derwentwater.” Victorian art critic and philanthropist John Ruskin described this view as one of the three most beautiful in Europe.

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“What a Wonderful World” sung by Celeste with “What a Wonderful World” sung by Celeste with Buckingham Palace lit up as a panoply of joyful delight 🦋👑🦋

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Gin o’clock here in Gelston and I’m raising a Gin o’clock here in Gelston and I’m raising a glass to HER MAJESTY on her Platinum Jubilee … David brought back a gorgeous gift from his highland travels … Beautiful bottle of @isleofharrisdistillers Gin infused with sugar kelp and two luscious hand-crafted gin glasses 💙 As recommended, served with slice of pink grapefruit and @fentimansltd Pink Grapefruit Tonic … Sooo refreshing. And I treated myself to a Platinum Jubilee gift from @fortnums s - a musical biscuit tin that plays 🎶God Save the Queen🎶 Bloody Brilliant - CHEERS!!!! 🥰 

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Her Knitted Majesty and Guardsman atop a red post Her Knitted Majesty and Guardsman atop a red post box in #Kirkcudbright 👑🤗👑 Quirky tribute for her #Platinum #Jubilee 🤣

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Fantastic flypast with 70 planes taking part, culm Fantastic flypast with 70 planes taking part, culminating in the Red Arrows in Red, White and Blue 🇬🇧✈️🇬🇧 #PlatinumJubilee #flypast #TheQueen
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