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Happy Christmas from Amsterdam!
It snowed here last week and I got caught in a storm on my way home through the Erasmus park in Amsterdam west. I was glad I was just five minutes away from a warm apartment and not slithering in … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Begijnhof, Christmas, Christmas Carol Service, English Reformed Church, Erasmuspark, Expat, travel
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Interview with bestselling author, B. A. Paris
Bestselling author, B. A. Paris has achieved the kind of commercial and critical success that most writers dream of. She has very kindly agreed to share a few of her secrets with us. Bernadette, welcome to my blog! You too … Continue reading
House-sit Number Four
In September a lovely English lady, Sally Christopher approached me via a home-exchange site to enquire if Frank and I would be interested in house-sitting her Eguzki B&B in Durango for 12 days. After establishing that the B&B was shut … Continue reading
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Tagged Bilbao, Donostia, Guggenheim, house-sitting, San Sebastian, The Basque Country, travel, Urkiola Nature Park
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Quintessential English Cottage – in Wales
As well as our house-sit in Holmfirth, Yorkshire we had a dreamlike twelve days of heaven in a house-sit on the English/Welsh border, built alongside Offa’s Dyke Path. Two former quarry-worker’s homes knocked into one formed the country cottage with … Continue reading
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Tagged house-sitting, Llanymynech Golf course, Llanymynech Rock, Mindmyhouse, Offa's Dyke
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Ruby Reviews her House-Sitters
Name: Ruby Likes: Pouncing on things Dislikes: Dogs I live in Holmfirth where the world’s longest running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine was shot. I am far too young and hip to remember it but the middle-aged bipeds love … Continue reading
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Day trip to Lemmer, Friesland
Not fancying a bumper-to-bumper drive towards Zandvoort, husband and I spent a couple of hours in the very pretty Friesian town of Lemmer a few weekends ago. It was a baking hot Sunday afternoon and after recovering from our non-air-conditioned … Continue reading
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Tagged Day trip from Amsterdam, Friesian lakes, Friesland, Lemmer, Water sports Friese meren, Woudagemaal, Zuiderzee
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Writers Abroad magazine offers a chance to win 15 euros of Amazon gift vouchers!
We are delighted to publish our sixth issue of Writers Abroad magazine, The Third Space, which includes an interview with renowned author, Peter May. I have contributed an article about Anne Frank and also a review of psychological thriller, The … Continue reading
A Week of Horse-Riding and Writing in the Alpujarra, Spain
Just a short blog for you today as I’m lucky enough to be spending a few glorious days with fellow Writers Abroad member, Nicola, aka author, Nina Croft. Nicola and her husband Rob live in Southern Spain, in the Alpujarra … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpujarra, Creative writing, horse-riding, Nina Croft, Spain, travel, Writers Abroad
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