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Trials and tribulations of traveling over the holiday season

Today's return journey from London to Somerset was not the best I have ever experienced but it was certainly populated with events. Our journey sounds simple enough, get a bus than a tram and arrive at East Croydon, from thence take the 20-minute rail journey to Victoria station, walk to the coach station, await the 11am coach (M10 as it so happens) and be transported to Bristol, then take the...

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Boxing Day – a quiet one

This was the time to be at home. My sister made a supply of sandwiches for a lady who goes around and feeds the homeless. We had masses of food leftover from Christmas day which we consumed. Time to pack our bags. I wish I could figure out why we sleep so badly because we wanted to sleep. I do not want to blame EMF fields for everything. I have decided to visit my sister more frequently perhaps...

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Communion with a difference

On Christmas morning the local vicar, Debbie, picked up myself and my sister to go and visit my brother-in-law, who has Alzheimer's disease and is in a residential home maintained by Croydon Council. It is a very difficult place to get to and takes my sister three buses and almost two hours so normally she gets taken by very kind neighbours. This was Christmas day and I wondered what we would...

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A visit to London by the sea (Brighton)

    We took a train at 10:45 from East Croydon directly to Brighton. I remember the old days when the Brighton Belle was a prestigious train that served a three course meal on the way down. I don't know how long the original journey took but my guess is that the present journey would not give enough time on less orders were taken before the train started. Brighton station is uniquely...

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Tourist mini-guide to London

I would now like to give some general advice about traveling in London. I have lived in London for over 50 years and I know it's ways. It is a cosmopolitan city where members of different races get on very well here it don't believe what you read in the mainstream Media. There are occasional disagreements but people learn that in order to survive they need to be polite and respectful of others....

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Our first day unleashed in London

Ok so this is a complicated day, a bit untidy, so I left it till the last and here we are two weeks away from the actual event. Fortunately, Françoise has made a diary so I don't think I'll forget too much. I love getting a discount on things and we presented our two for one discount card for British rail and got two five zone passes for £21. We have more than paid for the £30 card though we...

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