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The Weekends
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Oct 13, 20233 min read
Is it half term already?
Here we are wondering how on earth it can be half term already. Time, as they say, waits for no one, and it’s flying by.
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![A life changing walk in the Himalayas](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fa3f89_52e95d39e0e74464bc272931fe86ba2d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/fa3f89_52e95d39e0e74464bc272931fe86ba2d~mv2.webp)
Oct 2, 20234 min read
A life changing walk in the Himalayas
This weekend it's a year to the day since I went to trek the Himalayas. A year on, I have some thoughts..
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![Project 50](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fa3f89_8c2a67f6dc4b43edb050ba93697d3f78~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/fa3f89_8c2a67f6dc4b43edb050ba93697d3f78~mv2.webp)
Sep 25, 20234 min read
Project 50
This weekend we get serious about raising more funds for our Spanish renovation - Project 50.
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![Dreamily Wandering Around Paris: A Love Affair with the City of Light](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fa3f89_7c7e3deb376c4648b7c3cad6494ed5ab~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/fa3f89_7c7e3deb376c4648b7c3cad6494ed5ab~mv2.webp)
Sep 18, 20233 min read
Dreamily Wandering Around Paris: A Love Affair with the City of Light
This weekend we day dream about wandering around Paris. Here's how to spend a beautiful day in the city of love.
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Aug 7, 20234 min read
Alhaurin el Grande
This weekend we take a look at the Spanish town that we've chosen to be our second home
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![Peaceful Porto Santo](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fa3f89_f3330390206f4e52ac7f7a09b7182ef0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/fa3f89_f3330390206f4e52ac7f7a09b7182ef0~mv2.webp)
Jul 31, 20236 min read
Peaceful Porto Santo
This weekend we head off to Porto Santo on a relaxing, all-inclusive summer holiday.
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![5 days or 5 weeks?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fa3f89_c26564309b944f0bb8b06720f66c8cba~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/fa3f89_c26564309b944f0bb8b06720f66c8cba~mv2.webp)
Jul 23, 20234 min read
5 days or 5 weeks?
This weekend, mid heatwave, we headed back out to Spain to check in on the house.
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Jun 26, 20234 min read
48 hours in Istanbul
This weekend was a jam-packed trip to Istanbul.
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![An Indian adventure](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fa3f89_389164a81a594dc0a93d772cacb7b1f5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/fa3f89_389164a81a594dc0a93d772cacb7b1f5~mv2.webp)
May 21, 20236 min read
An Indian adventure
Back to October when I trekked the foothills of the Indian Himalayas for charity. An experience so out of this world that it seems surreal!
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![The land of smiles](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fa3f89_880cdec723eb43acb51efccf1fe684c4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/fa3f89_880cdec723eb43acb51efccf1fe684c4~mv2.webp)
Apr 24, 20234 min read
The land of smiles
Not just a weekend, but six glorious days in Thailand.
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Apr 8, 20233 min read
It's getting harder to leave
This weekend we pack up the Spanish house and head back to the UK for Easter.
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Apr 3, 20233 min read
Semana Santa in Southern Spain
This weekend we go back to Southern Spain for Semana Santa.
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![Our Spanish journey](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fa3f89_8755d6e8b67e451c983f5905d28a6421~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/fa3f89_8755d6e8b67e451c983f5905d28a6421~mv2.webp)
Feb 21, 20233 min read
Our Spanish journey
This weekend we get back on a plane to visit our little corner of Andalucia, Spain.
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![Sunshine Saturday](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fa3f89_ab49f24e929a49f7a07ad52d23d7e01b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/fa3f89_ab49f24e929a49f7a07ad52d23d7e01b~mv2.webp)
Jan 9, 20232 min read
Sunshine Saturday
As it was blowing a hooley outside it seemed apt that on this first Saturday of the year, we played to type, got into holiday planning...
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Jan 3, 20233 min read
New Year in Cham
Spending a long weekend for new year in Chamonix, France
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![Roadtrip 2022: Cordoba, Seville, Cadiz, Malaga](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fa3f89_5ee672938d5a430580158b47aa84f2ab~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/fa3f89_5ee672938d5a430580158b47aa84f2ab~mv2.webp)
Jul 16, 20223 min read
Roadtrip 2022: Cordoba, Seville, Cadiz, Malaga
This weekend, one of the hottest Spanish Julys on record, we set off on an Andalucian roadtrip.
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