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Hooves and I are Excited to be Heading North Again

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Hooves and I are excited to be heading North again so we’re packing our bags.  Correction!  I am packing our bags…he is supervising from the comfort of MY bed.  Oh, it’s all right for some…

Anyway, tomorrow we are heading north again.  We are going up to Seahouses on the wild and beautiful Northumberland coast.  It …

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A Week at 28 Stone Cottage in Thorington, Suffolk

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Hooves and I spent a week at 28 Stone Cottage in Thorington, Suffolk last March.  (map)  We were looking for a (not-too-expensive) character cottage to hibernate in for a week, that was located close to Southwold, so there would be lots to see on the occasions when we wanted to come out of hibernation!

The cottage …

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Stunning Hengistbury Head, near Bournemouth

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I fell in love with stunning Hengistbury Head, near Bournemouth (map) the first time I visited.  Our family had just acquired a static caravan on a site just outside Christchurch for the summer months of 2009 and upon waking up on my first morning there I set off in search of somewhere to give Hugo (these were pre-Hoover days) …

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Millport, Great Cumbrae

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Just a short hop across the Firth of Clyde from mainland Scotland sits Great Cumbrae. (map)  Much smaller than it’s more famous neighbours of Arran and Bute, (and smaller than it’s name might suggest) Great Cumbrae is absolutely ideal for an outing.  We drove around the island, stopping here and there to take in the scenery – we also some …

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