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Category: Holidays

12 in 12 Challenge – July

12in12, General, Holidays

I’ve never been to Harewood House in Yorkshire despite it being only an hour or so away by car, so this month I booked us couple of nights’ stay in the charming Harewood Arms. I have to confess to an ulterior motive though, my plan was to also visit the church of All Saint’s Harewood where some of my ancestors were hatched, matched and despatched and then on our way home to Hull, to visit …

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12 in 12 Challenge – June

12in12, Holidays, Nature

Just snuck into June this one! Our annual visit to Thornwick Bay caravan park for my birthday weekend and as our usual caravan wasn’t available, in fact won’t be ever again as the owner has upgraded it for one in a different location, we decided to book through Haven. We went for a ‘silver’ grade of caravan with a wrap around verandah and patio doors but didn’t know where on the site it would be …

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12 in 12 Challenge – March – AKA The Italian Job

12in12, Culture & Leisure, General, Holidays

Ciao! Continuing on with our 12 in 12 Challenge and March’s expedition was to Italy. Somewhere both of us have wanted to visit for ages but never got around to. After looking at various places, we decided on Rome and Pisa as a good start. As is usual, click on any gallery pictures to see full size. After a fairly straightforward journey to Manchester Airport, we had a couple of hours to spare before the …

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12 in 12 Challenge – February

12in12, Holidays

This year I’ve told Patrick that we are going to make sure and do something out of our ordinary routine at least once each month. We often go out for tea and go to the theatre here in Hull so those things won’t count towards our 12 in 12 challenge. We do however spend lots of our weekends at home, we’re not sitting around idle, I’m sewing or some other crafting, or perhaps working on …

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12 in 12 Challenge – January

12in12, Culture & Leisure, General, Holidays

This year I’ve told Patrick that we are going to make sure and do something out of our ordinary routine at least once each month. We often go out for tea and go to the theatre here in Hull so those things won’t count towards our 12 in 12 challenge. We do however spend lots of our weekends at home, we’re not sitting around idle, I’m sewing or some other crafting, or perhaps working on …

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