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Literature, North America

Quirky Travel Poem: ‘Consolation’ by Billy Collins

September 20, 2020 by Zoe Dawes No Comments
In this time of lockdown, quarantine, restricted travel and isolatoin from people and places, many of us are exploring what’s on our doorstep. We’re also resorting to armchair travel to escape to our dream destinations. I’m rereading some of my favourite travel writers and searching out travel poetry that takes...
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Literature, Mind Body Spirit

Quirky Travel Poem: ‘Jabberwocky’ by Lewis Carroll

June 14, 2019 by Zoe Dawes 3 Comments
‘Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe’ has got to be one of the quirkiest openings to any piece of literature in the history of writing … Jabberwocky, penned by Lewis Carroll, first saw the light of day in 1871 when Through the Looking...
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Top 10 reasons to take and adult gap year
Adventure, World Travel Blogger

10 Very Compelling Reasons to take an Adult Gap Year

October 5, 2018 by Guest Author 10 Comments
Do you think a Gap Year is just for kids? Do you want to escape your humdrum job and do something worthwhile? Do you need encouragement to make a change? The ‘Adult Gap Year’ is becoming increasingly popular. In the latest World Travel Blogger article, Caroline Revell, of Original Volunteers,...
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Diefenbunker Blast Tunnel - photo Zoe Dawes
Blog trip, History, North America

The Diefenbunker Cold War Museum: unique day out in Ontario

June 8, 2018 by Zoe Dawes 10 Comments
Want to have a look round the site of some of Canada’s TOP-SECRET communications throughout the Cold War? Well, you can, at The Diefenbunker, one of the country’s most unusual and fascinating visitor attractions, just 20 miles outside Ottawa. Last year I stayed in the capital to celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday. During...
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Reclining Buddha Burapapiram Roi Et Thailand
Asia, Blog trip, Festival, History

An unforgettable day out in Roi Et, a colourful city in north east Thailand

April 26, 2018 by Zoe Dawes 5 Comments
‘Stand still and this policeman will arrange the sash.’ Possibly one of strangest instructions I have ever been given, but somehow in keeping with the surreal experience of taking part in Bun Pha Wet Fair. It’s one of Thailand’s lesser-known and very colourful festivals and happens every year in Roi Et...
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Scotland, World Travel Blogger

Top 10 Tips for North Coast 500 Road Trip in Scotland

April 13, 2018 by Guest Author 9 Comments
In this article in the World Travel Blogger series, photographer Angus Matheson describes The North Coast 500, a memorable road trip he did with his wife in the Highlands of Scotland. North Coast 500 – the greatest motoring adventure in the British Isles North Coast 500 In 2015 the North Coast...
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Asia, Blog trip, World Heritage Site

World Heritage ‘Toy Train’: enjoy a unique Indian rail journey to Shimla

March 27, 2018 by Zoe Dawes 5 Comments
The Toy Train to Shimla As we clattered along the narrow track, the mountains gradually emerged like shy ballerinas peeking out from behind a curtain of lush green foliage. Glimpsed intermittently at first, the foothills of the mightiest mountain range on earth rose amidst tiny hamlets and towering pine trees....
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🐣Happy Easter🐣 Enjoy your day whether you’ 🐣Happy Easter🐣
Enjoy your day whether you’re celebrating or not, wherever you are in the world 🌍🐣🌍
⏰ DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ⏰ Morning all 🤗 If y ⏰ DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ⏰ Morning all 🤗 If you’re in UK and stuck for something to do today, you can go round the house finding all those quaint, old-fashioned devices that have clocks that need manual help to put hour ahead! ⏰➡️🌷
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Ah the joy of a really good local produce! Visited Ah the joy of a really good local produce! Visited @bowlandfoodhall at @holmesmill_ in Clitheroe recently and indulged in their cornucopia of #Lancashire goodies including cheeses, pies and some yummy chocolates 🧀 🍫🥧 Also revelled in their international delicatessen, bringing a much-missed taste of foreign travel! 🍋🥦🌶 
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Sending love to Mums and to all who are missing their children or their Mum, whether in this world or another ... 💖💖💖
#mothersday #mothersday2021 #loveisallyouneed
Took this photo on a walk near my house out toward Took this photo on a walk near my house out towards Morecambe Bay past Warton Stock Car Track. There are many birds to be seen beside the River Keer and the Bay including sandpipers, curlews and oyster catchers 👍

#lancashire #dailyexercise #lockdownlife #wildbirds #birdwatching
Magical afternoon walking from Dallam Tower throug Magical afternoon walking from Dallam Tower through the deer park, beside River Bela, through woods, across fields and out to the shore near Sandside. Great views across the the #LakeDistrict mountains covered in snow. Love this part of south Cumbria 🥾🤗🥾

#dailyexercise #followpye #outdoors #walking #mindbodyspirit
This magnificent Yew Tree has been growing in the This magnificent Yew Tree has been growing in the woods on Warton Crag in north #Lancashire for hundreds of years. It’s surrounded by bright green moss-covered stones that look like sleeping gnomes ... Walked up here this week along muddy paths above flooded fields on the one sunny afternoon we’ve had recently. I love the feeling of ageless calm that permeates our ancient woodlands ...

#woodlandwalk #ancienttrees #woodlandphotography #mindbodyspirit
From today’s #dailywalk at Half Moon Bay in Heys From today’s #dailywalk at Half Moon Bay in Heysham overlooking #Morecambe Bay 🤗 This sculpture is called ‘The Ship’ by artist Anna Gillespie @annagillespiesculpture 👍 It was commissioned by @mb_partnership and ‘celebrates Morecambe Bay's landscape and maritime heritage, and reflects the importance of seaborne trade in bringing news, innovation and shaping the character of the area.

‘Symbolically positioned on the boundary between land and sea, benefitting from dramatic backdrops of the tides, horizon and stunning coastal sunsets, the outline of a ship's hull is mounted with two opposing figures at each end, one facing 'the new' of Heysham Nuclear Power Station and the other facing 'the old' of the ancient monument of St Patrick's Chapel.’ 

I love its powerful symmetry and stark beauty.  I sat on the stone bench between the figures and gazed out towards the Lake District fells. It was peaceful, reassuring and somehow gave a sense of hope amidst all the grim news ❤️

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