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Blog June 2024 part 2 – Dumfries and Galloway

Blog June 2024 part 2 – Dumfries and Galloway

In the final week of June, we took a short holiday in Dumfries and Galloway with Steve and Karen. Steve was on the same degree course as me in Portsmouth from 1969-72 (after I’d spent a year with VSO in Labrador). The journey north from Cumbria was routine, and we...
Blog June 2024 – Part 1 Cumbria

Blog June 2024 – Part 1 Cumbria

June is the month for the Appleby Horse Fair. We planned to go this year but didn’t make it. It’s a very divisive topic in the area. Apparently, some local people go on holiday at this time of the year in order to avoid it. In the runup to the fair we noticed several...
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