Category: travel
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Christmas In Cleethorpes- part 3
It was time for my journey home. We got to the station early enough to visit the prom and see the “sea”. Yes I’m very aware the Humber is a tidal estuary so not the sea. The wind was bitingly cold and I was only gloveless a short time as I’d just taken a few…
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Christmas In Cleethorpes-part 1
It’s became a tradition that I go to my daughter for Christmas. I left home on the 22nd December weighed down with my gifts for my daughter and grandson… and the gifts from my sister and eldest son… plus of course my clothes for the next 8 days. 2 back packs, and a messenger bag…
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The kindness of strangers
On Monday I had my (now) annual neurology follow up appointment and since the bus that stops near my home goes by the the hospital in Hertford I decided it was time for a new adventure. I hoped to have no problem with this adventure thanks to placing a beacon on my destination on my…
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The Singing bridge
A wide concrete pedestrian walkway along a waterfront under a clear blue sky. On the left side of the walkway, there is a sturdy concrete barrier followed by a fence with narrow vertical posts. Beyond the fence, there is a blue structure that appears industrial or architectural. On the right side of the walkway, there…
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Bus Hide and Seek
Too many times people get confused… If I’m blind how can I see. This video is me describing my experience while waiting for my bus. https://youtube.com/shorts/nzViNW2QzTg?si=_FfDN-WqdnX2O8tb And this is the text of a recent instagram post I made sharing the video. “The video is of me describing my experience waiting for a bus as a…
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While I still can (part 2)
To see a short video of me arriving at Cattal check out this link https://youtube.com/shorts/9-C1mufnKcU?si=ST-5p6z9dc357f1p I thought perhaps my friend’s husband hadn’t arrived as I couldn’t see a blur on the platform, however he was on the York to Leeds side of the station as he hadn’t realised I was on the Leeds to York…
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Travelling home
Aka A nightmare journey? I’ve learned that rail journeys are never straightforward at holiday times (Christmas and Easter) and today was no exception. It began well arriving at Cleethorpes station in plenty of time and being taken straight to the train and seated. I’d be changing at a new to me station, Retford in Nottinghamshire…
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Circumstances Beyond Our Control
That’s most definitely what today could be entitled. Woke up with everything aching after a couple of hours moving around and adding the last bits to my backpack I tried it on and my body said are you insane I’m not walking to the station so took up Cat’s offer of a taxi. Having got…
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What a journey!
I’m visiting my daughter in Cleethorpes and had a Murphy’s law type of journey (anything that could go wrong, went wrong). Unlike on previous journeys like that I didn’t get stressed. As ever I’d prepared the night before so just needed to add a couple of items to my backpack (wash bag and iPad). So…
Was that a dinosaur? 2.0 