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Archive for August, 2010

The heat: the first confirmation that the next four days will present in most ways a stark contrast to the past four. Unlike Inverness, Lincoln is in the midst of full-fledged summer. As I struggle through the narrow train door and heave my elephant of a suitcase and myself down onto the busy quay, the [...]

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Inverness, Scotland:  After  26 hours of travel ((taxi to Victoria bus depot,  Pacific Coach Lines bus to ferry,  PCL to Vancouver airport, 9 hours over the Arctic to Gatwick where the whole world has gathered to queue in the Cheapo Air/Easyjet check- in line up, on to the plane headed for Inverness: no-reservations -allowed-knees-to-chin seating, [...]

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