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Reims
We got off the ferry with six travelling days to get to our week-long holiday accommodation in the south of France. That gave us a decent amount of time to explore Europe a bit, and see some of the...
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Verdun
After leaving Reims we had just a short hop through the French countryside to our next stop on our road trip, Verdun. We had taken the decision early on to avoid toll roads in the continent wherever...
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Nancy
After leaving St Mihiel we continued on to our next overnight stop, Nancy. Admittedly by this point we were tired and hungry, having covered over 120 miles on country roads since the morning. Although...
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Basel
Day three of our European road trip saw us leaving France and entering Switzerland. We crossed the border near Basel, which ended up being our first stop in the country. We hadn’t originally intended...
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Return to Swanage
It was my birthday last week (side note: all of your birthday cards, and the cheques they contained, appear to have gotten lost in the post). To celebrate, my wife and I decided to stay in Swanage, one...
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Lake Lucerne
We continued on from Basel heading for Monday’s overnight halt on the shores of Lake Lucerne. Our original plan had been to head over the Alps and possibly even stay up in the mountains on Monday, but...
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Over the Alps
Our plan for Tuesday could be summed up in its simplest terms as driving from one lake to another. The drive, however, was the thing – we’d driving the Furka Pass, over the Alps themselves, and heading...
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Lake Annecy
We left Lake Lucerne, headed over the alps and after a twisty-turny mountain drive into France we made our way to another lake: Lake Annecy. The difference was stark: earlier in the day I’d thrown a...
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2014 in Pictures
One of my favourite annual posts I do for this blog is my Year in Pictures collection, where I share some of my favourite images that I’ve posted in the last twelve months and put them together in a...
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Turin
We’d only been back in France for a day, and we were already leaving it, heading from Lake Annecy into Italy for our final overnight halt in Turin. We’d spent a bit more time in Annecy in the morning...
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Massif de l’Esterel
All told it look us six days, from Saturday to Thursday, to make our twisted indirect journey from our flat in Twickenham to the south of France, covering 1,300 miles and stopping by Reims, Verdun,...
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Gorges du Verdon
In the week we were static on our European tour we didn’t move around a huge amount. We spent most of our time relaxing on the beach, taking walks, and generally resting up and recharging our...
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Little Bit of London
Our week off at Easter wasn’t total, sadly – Holly had to go into work for one morning to sort out some stuff that could wait until the following week, so we decided to meet up in London afterwards and...
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Lyon
After spending a week in the south of France, we had only a few days to get back to Calais in the north to catch an early evening ferry back to Blighty. We had to vacate our holiday accommodation on...
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Return to Reims
Our final stop on our return journey from the south of France was exactly the same as our first: Reims. The city seems to be ideally placed for people passing from Calais to the east of the country;...
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Bournemouth Aquarium
No sooner do I complete the series of posts resulting from one holiday, I start on publishing photos from another. I want to make clear this is less a result of the frequency of my holidays and more a...
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St Dunstan in the East
I know it’s been a bit quiet here lately. A month, in fact. Truth be told I’m running short of ready material, save for the images from my latest trip to Dorset, which I don’t want to release in a...
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Swanage Railway
For the 300th post here on Creative Splurges we’re returning to my recent trip to Dorset, and today we’re riding the railway. Swanage has a heritage railway operating from Swanage itself to Norden,...
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City of London
After our visit to St-Dunstan-in-the-East, Catherine and I headed deeper into the City of London, chasing the sights of the modern high-rise skyscrapers that have cropped up over the last couple of...
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Bath
On the same day that Holly and I marked our 5th wedding anniversary, some 82,000 people descended onto our neighbourhood for the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup. Whilst this is an accepted...
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