Saint-Malo and the Vendée, France
I lined the MG up with the ramp that led to the ferry and slowed to a stop. It was steep enough that you couldn’t see the top; just a wall of metal ahead of the car.
Places
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The New Forest, UK
Introducing Heidi-Lee and Chris. Heidi-Lee is a South African food blogger; Chris is her fiancé and an all-round nice guy. Back in August, Nicola and I spent a bank holiday weekend camping with them on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
A historic city, built on seven hills. Rome? No – Edinburgh. Land of whisky, cosy bars, wintry hikes and the Queen’s favourite yacht.
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Lake Bled, Slovenia
For Nicola’s birthday, I thought it would be nice to take her to a beekeeping museum, as that’s she’s a keen apiarist. It turned out the nearest one to our home (other than Devon, and we’ve already been there) was in the Slovenian village of Radovljica, so that’s precisely where we headed.
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
I have it on reasonably good authority (a real-life Slovenian called Igor) that’s it’s pronounced ‘Loo-blarna’. Hopefully that clears that up from the outset.
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Kruger National Park, South Africa
When you tell people you’re going on safari in the Kruger National Park, they have an unusual habit of explaining that it’s the…
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Mpumalanga, South Africa
When people visit South Africa, it’s usually a major city, the Garden Route along the southern cape, or perhaps a game reserve. We…
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Barcelona and Begur, Spain
April and Matt got married in Begur at the beginning of September, and invited Nicola and I to celebrate with them. Once we’d…
