Picnicking in the Chilterns
Want to find a new picnic spot for balmy sunny afternoons, with a bonus National Trust property or two close by? How about visiting The Chilterns?
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Exploring California’s Scenic Routes: From Lone Pine to Yosemite
In September 2010 we embarked on our first USA Road Trip, from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, taking in Death Valley, Yosemite, San Francisco and the coastal Route 1. These are our Road Trip Travel Diaries. Breakfast in Lone Pine A 7am alarm call. We drag ourselves over to the Alabama Hills Bakery & Café…
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A USA Road Trip: From Las Vegas to Lone Pine via Death Valley
“The scenery gradually changes before our eyes, and the temperature is slowly creeping up over 100 degrees. I excitedly record the 103 degree temperature on camera. This will certainly not be the highest temperature we see today”
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About me
I’m Emmalene, a thirty-something from Birmingham in the UK. I always knew I wanted to travel the world when I grew up, even when holidays meant a caravan in wet and windy Wales. I was lucky enough in 2007 to meet my soulmate, travel companion and now husband Chris (aka Mr Fletche), and our shared passion for…
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Las Vegas Travel Diaries: Tigers, Big Elvis and our First Casino Win
In 2010 A Brummie Home and Abroad headed off to Las Vegas for the very first time. This is a day by day account of Las Vegas for beginners
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USA Sept 2010: A Las Vegas Birthday Celebration
Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me…. Except when the alarm goes off at a shockingly early 5am, I really don’t feel like celebrating… Mr Fletche tentatively asks if I still want to get up for sunrise. Hell, I’m awake now aren’t I… and as much as I would love to spend another hour…
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USA Sept 2010 – Grand Canyon – Just a big hole in the ground?
Once again, I’m up early enough to watch the sunrise. Are my sleep patterns ever going to return? Although the nap in the middle of yesterday afternoon probably didn’t help matters… Another Starbucks run from Mr Fletche (“Did you know there were people down there that looked as if they’d been there all night?”); a…
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USA Travel Diaries: Discovering Vegas!
Its a long walk to the Vegas sign. A very very long walk. No-one warned us of this…
