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And T is for Three months since our last post!

I can’t believe it’s over three months since we last posted on here, but we have done a lot in those three months, so we have got a good excuse! I’ve now been in Columbus, GA, over fifty days and … Continue reading

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Andtisfor cross the English Channel

So it’s Sunday morning and we’re in Bruges, on our first full day of our vacation. We arrived here late yesterday morning, after taking the Eurostar from London to Lille and then driving from Lille to Bruges. The journey from … Continue reading

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The Ale Trail goes European

It’s been a while since my last update on the Ale Trail and as I’m sat in a hotel in the beer capital of Europe, I thought it would be good to log the beers I’ve knocked off the list … Continue reading

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The Ale Trail hits the capital!

Three more beers from the 1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die book (The Beer Bible) were crossed off the list earlier this week. On Friday Tara had to call at the Brazilian Embassy to drop off her documentation … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge:Unique

A bit of a belated entry into this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge,the subject being Unique. You’ll look at my photo and think what’s unique about me drinking a beer? A common sight I hear you say! Well yes, I do … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge:Love

It’s the fourth Weekly Photo Challenge of 2013 and this is only my second that I’ve posted on time! This photo was taken earlier this year on 2nd January, just a few minutes after I’d proposed to Tara. (She did … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge:Beyond

Once again we’re late posting on the weekly photo challenge, but here’s our contribution to last week’s challenge of Beyond. It was taken at Tentsmuir Beach , which is on the east coast of Scotland, just a few miles north of … Continue reading

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The Ale Trail hits Scotland

We spent New Year’s week in Scotland. We were based in Falkland, Fife, a small village some thirty miles north of Edinburgh. Although a small village, it wasn’t short of drinking venues! In fact there was one, The Stag Inn, … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge:Resolved

It’s the start of the New Year and we’ve resolved to join the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge. By we, I mean me, Tony, my fiancé Tara ( yes we’ve just got engaged!) and my 17 year old daughter Devon. We may … Continue reading

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Another fine mess!

So, this last weekend we took Tara‘s mother Beth and Beth’s sister Molly for a short break in the Lake District during their stay in the UK. Molly had just found out that her daughter Audra was expecting triplets, so … Continue reading

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