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October to December 2015

Posts for October to December 2015

Kites and Caves

11th January 201611th January 2016 Col Europe, October to December 2015

I don’t think I have too much in common with Craig Revel-Horwood – other than cutting rugs – but what I do have is sympathy for him as a judge.

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Funicular-tastic!

19th December 201519th December 2015 Col Archive, Europe, Locations, October to December 2015

I’m not really sure why anyone would want to visit Benicarló. It’s a medium-sized town developed on a grid system so easy to navigate, the beach is small and the harbour is industrial.

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It’s Surreal Deal!

28th November 201528th November 2015 Col Europe, October to December 2015

There was a lengthy queue to get over the border but, eventually, we’ve made it over the Pyrenees into Spain and the Costa Brava is basking in the heat of a late summer’s afternoon.

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It’s a Dog’s Life

17th November 201522nd November 2015 Col Europe, October to December 2015

Every time it’s beautiful. Tonight the setting sun has cast a pinkish hue over the distant mountains. Twenty minutes later I return to the top of the hill and discover they are now a blue-grey.

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Girls, Girls, Girls!

20th October 20154th December 2015 Col Europe, October to December 2015

Good news, at last, we’ve been booked for our first housesit. We’re off to Blajan in the south of France to look after an elderly boxer and rescued collie cross.

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Chasing the Sun South

10th October 201512th March 2016 Col Europe, October to December 2015

The A10 is the main Italian road that follows the Mediterranean coast heading west from Savona, if you’re not crossing a bridge you’re probably in a tunnel.

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Foreigners?

5th October 201510th February 2016 Col Archive, Europe, Locations, October to December 2015

The weather has a big part to play in any nomad’s life. Our predecessors would go from place to place moving their herd to new grazing or following the migration of whichever great beast they hunted. We follow the sun, not because we want to look like David Dickinson but because we prefer a warm climate.

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Scarecrow in Bourniquel.
Scarecrow in Bourniquel.
Lose Hill, Peak District.
Lose Hill, Peak District.
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Butterfly, Hue.
Butterfly, Hue.
Skulls, the Killing Fields, Cambodia.
Skulls, the Killing Fields, Cambodia.
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