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November 5, 2019

A Week on the Gower Peninsula. Day 6. Crossing the Fields to the Coast.

Here’s the post about day 6 of our visit to this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. You’ll find day 1 here, day 2 here, day 3…
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Published on November 05, 2019 08:46

November 3, 2019

A Week on the Gower Peninsula. Day 5. A Stroll Along the Beach.

Here’s the promised post about day 5 of our visit to this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. You’ll find day 1 here, day 2 here, day…
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Published on November 03, 2019 09:42

November 2, 2019

Your Thyroid, by Dr Barry Durrant-Peatfield: #BookReview.

264 pages Family and Lifestyle Endocrinology/Popular Medicine ‘Your Thyroid’, subtitled ‘and how to keep it healthy’, is the second edition of ‘The Great Thyroid Scandal and…
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Published on November 02, 2019 10:26

November 1, 2019

Creative #Writing #Contests Table Updated

The 1st of the month is when I remind you that the creative writing contest table has been updated. It lives on the ‘Resources’ page, here.…
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Published on November 01, 2019 10:15

Finding the #Write #Words? No.3 A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

Continuing the description of books on the list given in post 1, which you’ll find here. Post 2 is here. Book 2: A Dictionary of Slang…
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Published on November 01, 2019 09:17

October 30, 2019

A Week on the Gower Peninsula. Day 4. A Clifftop Walk to Mewslade Bay.

Day 4 of our visit to this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Day 1 is here, day 2, here, and day 3, here. Our walk along…
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Published on October 30, 2019 11:08

October 27, 2019

A Week on the Gower Peninsula. Day 3. The Challenge Of Rhossili Beacon.

On our third day at Rhossili (click here for day 1, here for day 2) we celebrated our wedding anniversary (31 years), so, naturally, we decided…
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Published on October 27, 2019 09:54

October 25, 2019

Finding the #Write #Words? No.2

Beginning the description of books on the list given in post 1, which you’ll find here. On with the info. ‘A Dictionary of Misunderstood Misused Mispronounced…
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Published on October 25, 2019 03:29

October 23, 2019

A Week on the #Gower Peninsula. Day 2. A Walk to the Worm’s Head.

On our second day at Rhossili (click here for the post for day 1) we decided to tackle the Worm’s Head. We woke to a rainbow…
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Published on October 23, 2019 04:39

October 21, 2019

A Week on the Gower Peninsula. Day 1.

Being a couple of old romantics, Valerie and I like to celebrate our wedding anniversary as part of a holiday. This year, we decided to celebrate…
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Published on October 21, 2019 07:16