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31st December 2020

2020 – A Year Like No Other

As we come to the end of 2020, I wanted to try to sum up the year we've had and set out some ideas for 2021. 'A year like no other.' So say all the social commentators and...

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27th June 2020

Flying During a Pandemic – Our Repatriation Flight from Tobago

Flying during a pandemic is not something I would advise. In this article, I will explain why we did it and describe what the experience was like.

Why we Flew During a...

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12th March 2020

60 to 60 Challenge – 60 Countries in 60 Months

As regular readers know, Mark and I love to travel! In fact, you could say that we live to travel!! Today, I reach the ripe old age of 55 and Mark is...

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7th October 2019

The saga of our missing bags

On Thursday 21st January, we flew from Gatwick to Addis Ababa via Istanbul for the start of our four-week trip around northern Ethiopia. As we checked in at Gatwick early that morning,...