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Category Archives: Travels
Going backwards to go forwards?
Sometimes it’s worth looking to the past to help us move forward. As I am increasingly doing in my journey with food – revisiting old ways of doing things; gradually reducing any reliance on ‘convenience’ foods; trying to ditch unnecessary … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Farming, Food, Growing, Local, Local food, Reflections on life (and death), Seeing differently, Travels, Uncategorized
Tagged Black Forest, Community, Food, Friends, growing, Growing food, Learning new skills, Local food, Reflections, Simplicity, Sustainability, Traditional food methods, Transition movement, Travel
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Whatever next? – August 2017 update
Ok, so I missed June. And July. Whatever. Here we are in August. There is so very much depressing stuff going on out there. Sometimes we need an antidote to all that, to remind us that there is hope, that … Continue reading
The Gap Year – May adventure
What an appropriate way to end this Year of Adventures Great and Small, as we began it last year with a circular walk around London (The Capital Ring). This month we did something I’ve long wanted to do – a … Continue reading
Posted in Gap year, Retirement, Travels, Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Active travel, Gap year, Living, Rail travel, Travel, Walking, West Highland Way
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The Gap Year: April
I seem not to have been paying attention – the Gap Year is over, and I didn’t spot it. Inflation is apparently back with us – a year has inflated to 14 months. We started in April last year by … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Gap year, Inspirations, Local, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Travels, Uncategorized
Tagged Cambridge, Community, Friends, Gap year, Gardens, Housing, Living, Medieval churches, Norwich, Reflections, Retirement, Simplicity
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The Gap Year: March adventure
This is getting to be a habit – an ‘adventure’ that to the outside world looks like nothing of the sort. But maybe that’s just the point – to do things that are meaningful and different for us, regardless of … Continue reading
Posted in Gap year, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Seeing differently, Travels
Tagged Dungeness, Family, Gap year, Hastings, Living, Reflections, Rye, Simplicity, Stained glass, Travel, Walking
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My designer life
I haven’t had a sudden conversion to fashionable designer brands nor a make-over. What I want to explore here is my journey through design and my love of ‘good’ design. By which I suppose I just mean design that not … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Frugal, Inspirations, Seeing differently, Travels, Uncategorized
Tagged Allotment, design, Frugal food, hygge, Permaculture, Reflections, Shed, Simplicity, upcycling, Upcycling gardening
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The Gap Year: February
(A bit like London buses – you wait ages for a post to come along, and suddenly three appear all at once – the third on its way soon). Finally something (slightly) more conventionally adventurous, though I have to be … Continue reading
Posted in Gap year, Inspirations, Retirement, Seeing differently, Travels, Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Active travel, Art, Bruges, Buildings, Galleries, Lille, Living, Reflections, Roubaix, Simplicity, Travel, Walking
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