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Early Days: Hadrian’s Wall, Part 1
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Birth of a Cockamamie idea: Hadrian’s Wall Preface
This post is part of a series called Hadrian’s Wall – 2026 In a few days (as of this writing) I’ll be leaving my lovely home in Portugal and making…
Bordeaux, Winter 2026
This post is part of a series called Bordeaux 2026 Sometimes a trip can be the culmination of a life-long dream, or the realization of an important goal. Maybe you…
Family Storybook: Christmas Tree Lighting
This post is part of a series called Family Storybook There are moments in life that get packaged into “A Tale” rather than just “a story”. You tell it practically…
And Another Thing…: British Isles 2025, Part 5
This post is part of a series called British Isles – 2025 Believe it or not, as meandering as the stories can get here on the Ramble, we actually do…
Dublin When It Drizzles: British Isles 2025, Part 4
This post is part of a series called British Isles – 2025 The end of this trip is logistically the beginning. As I think has been discussed, the reason we…
SiTTe-seeing On the Isle of Man: British Isles 2025, Part 3
This post is part of a series called British Isles – 2025 Ok ok, so we made it on to the Isle of Man, it’s a quirky little trip we…
How About the Isle of Persons?: British Isles 2025, Part 2
This post is part of a series called British Isles – 2025 Lisa often plans our trips. (This is all me this time, my bride is “on assignment”…) She’s great…
…and I Rome from Town to Town: Rome 2025, Part 3
This post is part of a series called Rome 2025 Rome puns! Who doesn’t love ’em? Anyway… by this point in the trip, I had my sea legs under me…
