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Winter Tourism, Volume Two: National Media Museum, Bradford

By NancyD | Published: January 13, 2010
Welcome to another brisk and ever-so-slightly treacherous day in the UK! The weather here in West Yorkshire and, indeed, over most of the country is cold, icy, and threatening more of the same for the rest of the week. I’m in fact home today because without a car, it was just too dangerous [...]
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Winter Tourism, Volume One: Tropical World, Leeds

By NancyD | Published: January 11, 2010
One of the things that many American visitors dream of when they visit the UK is seeing castles, stately manor homes, and other such pieces of antiquity that just aren’t available in our young country.  I remember being amazed when I looked down at where I was standing in Westminster Abbey and seeing a date [...]
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Happy 2010 from London!

By NancyD | Published: December 31, 2009
“…we’ll drink a cup of kindness dear, for days of auld lang syne!” Happy New Year from the UK-dwelling half of TOB!
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Winter Vacation in Cumbria: Yes, Virginia, The Lake District is Still Open

By Dave | Published: December 22, 2009
Preview of a mid-January trip to England's Lake District.
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