Cornwall – the British holiday zone
7 July 2024 | Places
With a group of friends Maureen and I spent a few days in Cornwall, the ever popular – with tourists – south-west corner of the United Kingdom. A long time ago we made the trek to Lands End, the very furthermost end of England, and we’ve made a couple of other trips t...
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Dolman Award Books – Take 5
17 July 2012 | Media
This is my 5th, and almost final, batch of Dolman Award books, we’re working our way towards the ‘short list’ from which we’ll pick the winner at Hatchards Bookshop on Piccadilly in London on 5 September. Click here for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th batches of books.
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Devon & Cornwall
11 August 2011 | Places
We made a trip west from London to Devon and Cornwall, the counties at the extreme south-west corner of England. Cornwall ends at, appropriately, Lands End. Keep heading west and you reach the Americas. Our first stop was Torquay, a popular English seaside resort, pac...
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