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Asa Wright Nature Centre – Birding at Its Best
I’ve been a birder for over fifty years, which is about as long as the Asa Wright Nature Centre has been inviting guests to sit on its famous verandah and watch the dozens of exotic species that flock to the feeders every day. Recently I needed to go from Barbados to Curacao and learned that […]
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Fountains Abbey – The Beauty of Ruins
This is my tenth post on a recently completed trip to Great Britain with the Canadian military tour specialists at Liberation Tours. In the last post we were at liberty to tour the ancient city of York by walking the walls, rambling through The Shambles and of course, visiting the famous York Minster Abbey. This morning we […]
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Apes Hill Golf Club Hole by Hole
Barbados in not generally considered a golf destination in and of itself. Most people come here for the sun, sand, sea and the incredible Bajan culture and the legendary welcoming attitude. On this website you’ll find thirteen different posts on various must do and see things in Barbados including this one on how to get […]
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Hells Canyon Adventures – Snake River Rafting
I’ve come to Idaho for a number of reasons, including visiting Ernest Hemingway’s grave in Ketchum, but the top one is definitely to travel through Hells Canyon. It is a ten mile stretch of water on the Snake River just below the Hells Canyon Dam that links Idaho and Oregon in the middle of Hells […]
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York – England’s Most Interesting City?
This is my ninth post in an ongoing series inspired by a recent visit to Britain with Canadian military travel specialists Liberation Tours, led by noted Canadian actor and historian Phil Craig. The tour, Medieval Britain: Castles, Cannons & Crowns was the inaugural one in what will become an annual event and I hope that my […]
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Battle of Towton – Britain’s Bloodiest Battle
Chances are most people have heard of the Battles of Hastings, Bannockburn, Bosworth Field and Marston Moor, which were all pivotal moments in British history resulting in significant changes to the existing order. However, none of these battles involved as many combatants or resulted in any where near the total numbers of dead and wounded […]
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Haddon Hall – Star of Stage & Screen
Even if you’ve never been to Haddon Hall, chances are that you’ve seen it. Perhaps no building in England has shown up in as many plays, movies, TV series and novels as this Tudor palace in Derbyshire. Whether standing in as the setting for no less than three adaptions of Jane Eyre or just being itself in […]
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Tewkesbury Fair – Re-Enacting a Medieval Battle
This is my seventh post on a recent trip to Great Britain with Canadian military history experts Liberation Tours on a tour titled Medieval Britain: Castles, Cannons & Crowns. One of the main reasons Alison and I signed up for this trip was the prospect of going to the famous Tewkesbury Medieval Festival, the largest of […]
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Warwick Castle- 1,000 Years of British History
This is my fifth post from a recent tour of Britain with Canadian military travel specialists Liberation Tours. It’s titled Medieval Britain: Castles, Cannons and Crowns and will take us from London to Edinburgh in just over two weeks, stopping at some one the best known sights in the country and a few lesser known ones […]
From the road
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April 20th, 2023
I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block since getting back from Southeast Asia, but I did finish this post on the fan… https://t.co/HoJjP4jeha
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April 12th, 2023
One of the main reasons to visit the Galapagos is to see the giant tortoises. This latest post explains where you c… https://t.co/mQ8PWha8j3
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April 11th, 2023
Spring is very late this year so it’s nice to see the crocuses finally show up. https://t.co/7HD6wvsEJ6
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April 9th, 2023
Sunday morning is a good time to reflect back on another Sunday in Reading, England which I wrote about here:… https://t.co/EJ4Is2NSqz