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The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown We fly out from Heathrow heading home to New Zealand at 9.20 tonight. We deliberately didn't organize anything for...
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Jun 283 min read
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War Museum-History Museum - Pub. It's a matter of priorities!
Last year when we came to London, we ran out of time to visit Churchills War Room and Museum, we had walked past it but didn't get the...
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Jun 253 min read
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A Day in the Cotswold's
Today we had a full day mini coach tour around the Cotswold's, a beautiful natural area famous for picture perfect villages set amongst...
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Jun 244 min read
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Shopping and Super Heroes in central London
Since we had a relaxing day in yesterday watching the last day of Ascot on our TV at the hotel and doing the domestic stuff (laundry)....
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Jun 234 min read
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Hold your Horses - It's Royal Ascot
Finally, our big day has arrived, with much anticipation and a little sadness, since our horse Masoun will not be racing today....
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Jun 224 min read
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Family Ties - The Oxford Edition
Today we headed across to for the famous University town of Oxford to catch up with nephew Shaun and his partner Mya. When we were in...
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Jun 204 min read
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Off to Greenwich Today - The time was right!
It was a bit of a change of pace for us today as we jumped on and Uber boat and headed out of the city center to Greenwich and a much...
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Jun 173 min read
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A Right Royal....Occasion
Hard to believe there's a huge event attracting tens of thousands of fans and there's not a ball to be bowled or a tackle to be made....
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Jun 154 min read
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The Gentle Thwack of Willow on Leather - very exciting!
We did quite a bit of research as to 'what's on' before we headed to London but one thing that slipped completely under the radar was the...
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Jun 144 min read
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Back in the UK Horsing Around
Early in the year we bought a share in a promising young Irish stayer Masoun, he's actually French but domiciled in Ireland. Initially he...
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Jun 133 min read
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DAY 67: Today we closed down Marseille's Main Train Station - OOPs!
August 19, 2024, Avignon, Provence, France Today was a big travel day with quite a twist at the end! We had a very early start getting up...
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Aug 25, 20244 min read
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DAY 66: Douro River Wine Tour. An amazing day in a special part of the world.
August 18 2024, Porto, Portugal While we had said our goodbyes to everyone from the tour last night when we went for breakfast Mika was...
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Aug 25, 20245 min read
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DAY 65: Last official day of our Portugal tour
August 17 2024. Porto, Portugal Today was the official last day of our G Adventure Tour of Portugal. There was free time until 3pm so it...
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Aug 24, 20244 min read
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DAY 64: Coimbra, home to one of the world's oldest Universities.
August 16 2024, Coimbra, Portugal Coimbra is home of the oldest university in Portugal and one of the oldest in the world. Coimbra...
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Aug 24, 20244 min read
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DAY 63: We continue our voyage of discovery in Portugal - Tomar what a magical town.
August 15 2024, Tomar, Portugal. NOTE: Blogs for Day 1 to Day 62 of our awesome European Adventure can be found at:...
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Aug 21, 20243 min read
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