Tag Archives: Canals

The Gap Year: January adventure

Posted on March 1, 2017 by deborah @ the magic jug

(oops, rather late again.  Sorry, overtaken by lack of sleep.  More of which another time). People, in January we went to Birmingham for three days. I know, I’ve been there before.  He has too.  So where’s the adventure? you ask. … Continue reading →

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London’s green pearls

Posted on March 6, 2016 by deborah @ the magic jug

Last November I spent a couple of days in South London, and was lucky enough that this was ‘time off’.  So I was able to enjoy much of my time just walking.  I was in an area I didn’t know … Continue reading →

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Pause for thought

Posted on October 12, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

The past month or so seems to have flashed past and I have been to several different places.  My mind doesn’t seem to have quite kept up with my body, and may still be behind me in London, Oxford, Northampton, … Continue reading →

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Seeing differently: taking a different route

Posted on June 28, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

This week I needed to travel to Northamptonshire for work.  This meant a rail journey via London, including crossing London from Paddington Station to St Pancras Station.  I’ve done this many times before.  If I’m pressed for time, I take … Continue reading →

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The follow-up poetry party: May

Posted on June 8, 2015 by deborah @ the magic jug

I thought it would be interesting to record when I have come across poetry without looking for it, now that I seem to have a newly awakened awareness of it.  So this was May: 3 May 2015 – Walt Whitman, … Continue reading →

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