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Postcard from Lille, Part 10

6th April 2019 Always Worth Saying 3143 Comments

Previously I mentioned my ‘backs and forwards’ between the north of England across the Atlantic to North America. You may recall the ‘drink the air fare’ mile high club. These happened between the Pan Am [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 9

16th March 2019 Always Worth Saying 3835 Comments

On a previous trip across the English Channel many years ago, I was returning to England via Calais to Dover on the ferry as a foot passenger. I was sat on deck minding my own [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 8

9th March 2019 Always Worth Saying 2755 Comments

I’ve settled myself down in modest but adequate lodgings in Istanbul and get into the habit of a daily stroll just after sun down. It’s a five minute walk down to the Bosphorus where a [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 7

2nd March 2019 Always Worth Saying 2991 Comments

We’re off to Lille as a family group. We’re travelling by train the length of England from the Bad Lands to the White Cliffs of Dover. And, dear reader, if you will allow me to [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 6

23rd February 2019 Always Worth Saying 2408 Comments

We’re travelling the length of England from the Debatable lands to the white cliffs. We’re on the way to Lille but I’ve been distracted by an Arab girl who reminds me of an excellent pen, [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 5

9th February 2019 Always Worth Saying 3051 Comments

We are on our way to France as a family group. We are travelling first class and the serotonin is high. I’m a ‘look out of the window’ kind of person and, as we travel [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 4

2nd February 2019 Always Worth Saying 2723 Comments

We are a family group en route to the near continent travelling by first class train to London. It’s November and the English countryside is touched by frost and gentle mist. As we head south, [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 3

26th January 2019 Always Worth Saying 2912 Comments

After a gap of many decades I’m setting off by train to visit the near continent. Some of my family are coming with me and as a special surprise treat I’ve booked first class seats [more…]

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Postcard from Lille, Part 2

19th January 2019 Always Worth Saying 3083 Comments

First Class Previously I regularly visited the continent travelling by train, ferry and hovercraft. Subsequently I went via the channel tunnel but before the high speed rail link to St Pancras had been completed. After [more…]

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