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Day 9: 18th March – Spring has Sprung
Today’s trivia: We were greeted by a . . . and then a bit later by . . . The notable thing we noticed last night while in the room, was that it’s a lot quieter than London and no constant ambulance or police sirens. Not that it was really that noticeable that we wouldn’t…
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Day 7: 16th March – One Big Park
Today’s trivia: For the Australians into trivia: The birth of Matthew Flinders, English explorer who circumnavigated Australia. The Flinders River in Queensland and the Flinders Range in South Australia are named after him. and the Poms into trivia; The Wanderers Football Club, based in London, beat the Royal Engineers 1–0 in the first English FA…
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Day 6: 15th March – The non commercialised Mother of all Days
Not sure what is going on, but this appears to be day 2 of 50 days of sunshine happening again. Cold but sunny. Today’s trivia: Mother’s Day in the UK and US are different in date and origin and not I’d aay not at all surprising. The UK celebrates Mothering Sunday on the fourth Sunday…
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Day 5: 14th March – A Morbid Day
We survived black Friday, well at least Annette did! Today’s plan is to catch the N38 & N263 buses in the correct direction this time to visit a few soles in Highgate Cemetery. Followed by the Dead Poets Society at Bunhill Fields. Looking at the weather, it’s not going to morbid down at the cemetery…
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Day 4: 13th March – Black Friday
It’s Friday the thirteenth, the weather is bleaker than yesterday, and what could possibly go wrong? Today’s trivia: Wingecarribee Shire Council is 61% larger than London (2,600km² vs 1,600km²) and the population is 0.66% (60,000 vs 9,100,00). We didn’t trip on one of those 178 steps on our way to or from breakfast🙏 So the…
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Day 3: 12th March – Postman Pat
We went to bed at 7:30pm. I woke up at 2:30am, Annette woke a little later, like 4hrs later! Are we over the jet lag? Breakfast is at the hotel and we were reminded who gets all the love! Being on level 7 every time we go for breakfast, sightseeing, dinner etc, we need to…
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Days 1 & 2: 10th & 11th March – Departure & Arrival days
The day has arrived for our next adventure. Dimitri is taking us to the airport. He used to be our postie and he loved to chat more than actually delivering mail! Just before leaving, the London hotel notifies me that on-line check-in is now avaliable. Had a look, and low-and-behold I had one room and…
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