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A Holiday in Scotland, Part One (Edinburgh)

28th September 2021 Going Postal 0

With our September holiday to Turkey being cancelled in mid-August (it’s been on the red list since May 2021) an alternative destination needed to be found toot suite as myself, Mrs Reggie, Miss Reggie and [more…]

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Postcard From the Lake District

7th September 2021 Going Postal 0

INTRODUCTION Well.  Finally.  I can cross off my list something I have been meaning to do since the morning of 23 June 2016 when I first commented on GP – contribute an article.  There have [more…]

Boats of Alcudia
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Travels of the Unvaxxed – or how we had a Med summer holiday

18th August 2021 Sweaty Dave 0

You don’t need me to tell you that the last two years have been unprecedented. Our normal routines disrupted, jobs destroyed, way of life and freedoms removed all in the name of a bug. While [more…]

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Postcard from Romania – Part Five

4th August 2021 SharpieType301 0

Part Four of this Postcard from Romania revealed the joys of First-Class train travel through the ever-changing landscapes of this beautiful country, and a taste of Ursus, Romania’s most popular brew. We’d arrived at our [more…]

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Postcard from Abergavenny

4th August 2021 Going Postal 0

Following on from my Postcard from Monmouth we decided our next ‘big day out’ would be to Abergavenny.  A place I’ve probably travelled through in the past but never visited. We crossed the Bristol Channel [more…]

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Cruisin’ with Mr Covid

21st July 2021 Going Postal 0

Cruising usually gets the eye-roll treatment from Puffinry, but Larry the Cat has an interest, so there. Mrs B and I seized the opportunity for a change of scenery. At certain points in your life [more…]

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Postcard from Monmouth

20th July 2021 Going Postal 0

With the prospect of a holiday (foreign or UK) looking increasingly unlikely Mrs Reggie and I decided we would try and fit in a number of day trips to break the tedium of everyday life.  [more…]

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You want to own your own caravan. Really!

13th July 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

I am talking about a static caravan, it has wheels, but seldom moves.  I am not talking about those mobile camper vans that several Puffins have and look jolly good fun. First thing to say [more…]

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Postcard From Kanchanaburi

24th June 2021 Going Postal 0

In the now forgotten days when human beings were still allowed to show their faces and set foot out of the house rather than get fat on furlough, soon to become Universal Basic Income followed [more…]

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