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Derbyshire 98 Chesterfield walking in the footprint of Wingerworth Hallwhat is the connection between Wingerworth Randolph Hearst and the St Louis City Museum

Did you know that there was a connection between our large 7000 inhabitant village of Wingerworth Randolph Hearst and the a museum across the pond in St Louis No neither did I until I treated our village as if I were a visitor on a first visit . As a v




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Shiplife during lockdown

When the news came out that the pandemic had take over Europe I was still working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. Now almost two month later we are still stuck on the ship. I know that this is a very hard time for everyone and while I would have lik




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Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

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Utah Trip Summer 2014 Rob and I

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Around the Adriatic Croatia Split Monday 2019 April 8

Leaving Mostar was almost sad because we had enjoyed the compact city as a group and on our own. We headed into the hills where towns or villages lined the road for a considerable distance. Rain was falling for the whole drive. I noticed none of the unr




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12 Jyotirlingas Manifestations of Lord Shiva History Heritage blog

According to our Shiva Mahapurana one day Vishnu and Brahma had an argument over their superiority. Shiva appeared in front of them in the form of a raging fire and asked them to each find the tip of the fire. Whoever reaches the tip would be superior bet




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Derbyshire 99 Chesterfield No news is good news The Wingerworth Sheep Dip Five ways to stay happy

Yesterday was Day 45 Our five o'clock briefing was delivered by the less than charismatic Mr Gove who told us more of the same . He spelled out the numbers of deaths the numbers of tests that had been undertaken. The numbers rolled off his tongue . Traf




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Trip to Puerto Rico April 2015

Trip to Puerto Rico Me and RobDay 1 April 25thOur flight out of Knoxville was delayed so we had to run to catch our connecting flight in Charolotte. We barely made it. Luckily our luggage made it too. I was concerned about that. We got our re




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Time Zones Here and Russia

What do we really know about US time zones History.com When you run a railroad you need to maintain a schedule and that works a whole lot better when everyone agrees on what time it is including stations in farflung locations and crucially other




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53.den madeira

Dnes horsie pocasie zatiahnute.Vcera som nakonec kukal mh az do 1.00 co sa podpisalo na mojom neskorom vstavani az o 1100.Na cvicisku len jeden clovek neskor zacali prichadzat dalsi.Bicykel uz uplne vypusteny.Pri poslednom cviku ruckov




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Singapore 28 30.04.19

Early in the morning the other couchsurfers were still asleep I got up to catch an early bus to Singapore. I knew it was gonna take all day to get there and didn't want to arrive too late. After my experience from the other night.. No way Unfortunately




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No particular place to go

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Quietness at the TP Resort

Shhhhhhhh. What can we say Nothing The question of the day is whats new Answer nothing. The next question of the day is what are you going to do today Answer nothing. Last question of the day is what did you do today Answer not




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Kedarkantha The Best Winter Trek in Uttarakhnd India

Kedarkantha the Prominent winter trek in Garhwal Himalayas Uttarakhand INDIAKedarkantha Trekheight is around 3800 meters. And the Kedarkantha trek offers 6 days vacation




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Kedarkantha The Best Winter Trek in Uttarakhnd India

Kedarkantha the Prominent winter trek in Garhwal Himalayas Uttarakhand INDIAKedarkantha Trek height is around 3800 meters. And the Kedarkantha trek offers 6 days vacation




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54.den madeira

Opat som siel spat okolo 0100 a budicek nieco okolo 1100Uz dlho sa neozvala octavia s jej skolkarskima problemami. Cul zas riesila jedneho holandana ktory sa jej lubil aj sa k niecomu schylovalo ked bola u nho ale jak vacsina sikmookych mentalne zaost




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An extraordinary journey to.....our HOMES

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Derbyshire 100 Chesterfield my five a day challenge100 who would have believed it closed footpaths

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Boy's Day Now Children's Day May 5

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Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

COMMUNITY PRIDEWinnemuccca is a bustling five brothel railroad town in north central Nevada. When you next visit there and perhaps might grow weary of drinking and carousing make your way the northwest corner of Bridge Street and 4th




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Lighten the Mood

I will try a few jokes to entertain you as well as lighten the mood. I hate being cooped up during the shelter in place but at least I can go to work a few days a week. Thanks to my dear friend Barry the V I once knew a grape which could have been




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55.den presun lisabon

Posledny den na ostrove a prezieracka nech spotrebujem este dost jedla co mam.Okrem jedla nic zaujimave len polehovanie na ubytku.Kupujem cez w6 letenku na 11.5 lisabon vieden kupil som si hned aj clenstvo. Ono ak to aj nepreletim nic sa nedej




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Derbyshire 101 Chesterfield 7000 steps by 9.30 from frost to blue skiesSkype. Risk assessments and telekits will life ever be the same again

Surfacing this morning was difficult . It is a work day today . Last night we had a frost . Not a heavy one . Not the sort of frost you get in the Winter . Not the sort of frost that you have to scrape off the car windscreen. But a frost nevertheless . The




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Warsaw 1 Jewish Quarter and Old Town Walking Tours

After arriving the previous evening I was ready to head out and explore Warsaw. I had booked two free walking tours for today. The first one started at 10 am and was a walking tour around the Jewish part of Warsaw. The starting point was about a 20 minute




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Civil Rights Tour

Nancy and I usually seek to break up the winter and travel somewhere in February. This year we decided to travel south. With the recent anniversaries of boycotts marches and actions organizations offer Civil Rights tours these days. We thought we could




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56.den lisabon

Na moje pocudovanie ked som siel tak neskoro spat zobudil som sa dost skoro o 915.V cene ubytka su aj ranajky ale ziadne velke terno dva toastove chleby platok sunky syru jablko jedna wafla alebo si clovek moze spravit musli s mliekom. Som zvedav




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Planning a Road Trip to Pai for Our Family Visit in November

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No Ed and Michele are not traveling

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Derbyshire 102 Chesterfieldwe might be able to go out and exercise twice a daythe story of the Napoleonic prisoners and the 1 and a half mile milestone

It is dark when I wake . It is Day 48 of the lockdown . The sun has not risen and the birds have not woken. It is Thursday . Sage are meeting today with our government . Sage used to be that herb that you stuffed up a chicken together with onion . Now it i




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More Snobby Wine Facts

Since you seem to like my wine emails here is a subject near and dear to us Californians. French wine. Let me start out by saying this about the French. They love to bad mouth Napa Valley after their BIG loss decades ago. On most wine tours in Franc




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57.den lisabon

V posteli sa prevalujem uz od 830 na ranajky idem nakoniec o hodinu neskor.Opat rovnake jedlo no cul som si dal uz i maslo na chleba a na waflu dzem.Po jedle este mini relax a potom smer obrovsky park v okoli monsanto.Cesta rovnaka ako vcera




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Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

OLD HICKORYAndy By God Jackson was our fine countrys seventh President. He was a war hero too by virtue of defeating the Creeks at Horseshoe Bend and stealing their land and then by defeating the pesky Redcoats at the Battle of New Orleans.




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20204 Long Beach California USA

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Bali Indonesia 2020

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Derbyshire 103 Chesterfield Day 49 another bridge another country VE day celebrations or is it remembering

I woke early again . The bedroom was still in darkness . Tossing about I found I could not get back to sleep. My mind was going round and round . Odd thoughts . Day 49 how many hours have we been locked down. 1176 hours or thereabouts. I could have begun




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bonfire

Well we're still well and truly locked down but I'd been busy this week waging war on the brambles which were encroaching on the field so we decided to have a bonfire tonight as our contribution to V.E. day. And this morning I spotted some bunting in Me




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A Short Evening in Marrakesh

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Mt Kilimanjaro Dec 2001

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Derbyshire 104 Chesterfield Smocked cloudstodays plan is mostly about washing the car

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koh chang and the end of the trip is almost nigh..

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Salty soak in Salt Lake City

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Charlottetown Confederation Bridge Cap Pele 113km Total 4962km

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Wanderings through Little India

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Day 30 Torino

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Hot Springs Arkansas Days 67

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8 Quick visit to Latacunga Rotary

After last day in Banos including one last visit to guitar shop traveled to Latacunga which is Capital of Cotopaxi Province and home to Latacunga Rotary local club supporting efforts in Malinguapamba MP and having excellent track record on many project