England: Sipping Champers with High Society During the British Social Season, Obvs.
Planning a vacation around Britain's springtime weather is never not a challenge. But the Social Season, traditional events that happen...
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oldbagonaplane
- Jun 17, 2022
- 8 min
UK: Narrow Boating Through Another Summer of Staycations
UK: Skip the travel headaches and staycation this summer with a self-drive, self-catering narrow boat cruise on Britain's canal networks....
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oldbagonaplane
- Jan 24, 2022
- 3 min
LONDON: Joyful Bike Riding
London, UK: Cycling in London while on holiday? Maybe not the best thing to do as a tourist, but city cycling on an electric bike is a...
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oldbagonaplane
- Sep 21, 2021
- 8 min
UK: Glastonbury, the Land of Gallantry, Goddesses and the Occasional Hippie.
Glastonbury, England, UK is known for its music festival, spiritual connections, and mythical history. This is a great...
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oldbagonaplane
- Sep 8, 2021
- 7 min
UK: The Reading Festival & Bucket List Dreams Fulfilled
Reading Festival: Every end of UK August bank holiday since 1961 has featured two things: The Reading and Leeds Festival and the Notting...
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oldbagonaplane
- Aug 29, 2021
- 7 min
UK: The Transformative Power of the Perfect Backpack
Sutton Hoo is a 245 acre National Trust site in Suffolk, UK. This is the site of one of the largest archaeological finds in British...
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oldbagonaplane
- Dec 10, 2020
- 4 min
From Tub to Tumbler: The Travails of Homemade Tipples
Home crafting has been popular for many years but has as a rule been restricted to scrapbooking, knitwear and artesian bread-making. The...
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oldbagonaplane
- Nov 23, 2020
- 2 min
London: The Arctic Culture & Climate at the British Museum
London's British Museum. No tour of London would be complete without a trip to the British Museum. The museum provides visitors with two...
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oldbagonaplane
- Aug 8, 2020
- 5 min
Europe & USA: Sent la Lavande...Ooh LaLa!
Travelling to local lavender farms has been a number one staycation this summer. Here are some of the best UK, USA and French fields.
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oldbagonaplane
- Dec 28, 2019
- 5 min
THE YEAR; 2019
I began my year in sunny Cape Town, South Africa, searching for odd and hidden sites to see. I failed in my efforts to find the abandoned...
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oldbagonaplane
- Aug 25, 2019
- 3 min
London: Celebrating Steel Drums and Sound Systems at the Notting Hill Carnival.
Life at the Carnival. Celebrating Steel Drums and Sound Systems at London's Notting Hill Carnival
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oldbagonaplane
- Mar 28, 2019
- 2 min
UK: Banksy VS Bristol: Oops! That Title is Taken. Day Tripping in Bristol.
The best part of retirement is having a flexible schedule. Being able to do what I want when I want has given me a freedom that was a...
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oldbagonaplane
- Mar 18, 2019
- 2 min
London: This Week at the Tate and V&A
Last week was a great week in London. Lorna Luft, Judy Garland's daughter, started off my week with a launch for her new book "A Star is...
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oldbagonaplane
- Feb 26, 2019
- 3 min
London's East End: A Super Sunny Sunday Saunter
27 Years ago, my friend and I jumped on a plane last minute and flew to London courtesy of her airline buddy pass. Our accommodation was...
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oldbagonaplane
- Dec 3, 2018
- 2 min
London: Family Friends Forever
A few years back, I was lucky enough to be introduced to a wonderful volunteer organisation called Family Friends, which provides...
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oldbagonaplane
- Dec 2, 2018
- 1 min
The Wanamaker Theatre
London, as I have said before, is the greatest city in the world. There is never a shortage of things to do, as long as you are willing...
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oldbagonaplane
- Nov 23, 2018
- 2 min
MOON OVER CHISWICK HOUSE
All of my adventures, even the small ones, have a certain amount of mishap. So even just popping over to Chiswick House for the After...
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oldbagonaplane
- Oct 3, 2018
- 4 min
British Film Institute London Film Festival 2018
#BILLMURRAY: LIFE LESSONS LEARNED FROM A MYTHICAL MAN, #GIRL, #COLETTE, #WILDLIFE, WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOUR I live in #London, which is...
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oldbagonaplane
- Sep 1, 2018
- 3 min
London: Something Else
UNCOMMON SIGHTSEEINGS IN AMOST SPECTACULAR CITY Tourists usually come to London to see the big sights. Big Ben, Buckingham Palace,...
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oldbagonaplane
- Sep 1, 2018
- 2 min
London Markets
BOROUGH MARKET, LONDON NOTTING HILL FARMER’S MARKET I recently heard that a great way to help the planet it to buy as much food as...
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