Walking Here and There

One of the things we really like about being here in England is the walking culture. Historically, many public footpaths and bridleways have been well established that crisscrossed the entire country. These often cross privately-owned land via a public right of way. Additionally, in 2000, the Countryside...

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Gromit Unleashed

As we were away from Bristol for most of the summer we missed out on two big local events, the Bristol Harbour Festival in July and the Bristol Balloon Fiesta in August. We got back just in time to take in Gromit Unleashed 2, an arts trail which was raising money for the Wallace &...

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Maud has returned home (to Norway)

Very shortly after we'd booked our flight to the UK to arrive mid-August, we found out that the Maud Returns Home  project would be having Maud's official homecoming celebration in Vollen, Norway (near Oslo) on August 18. Ever since we'd played a small part in this project by looking after the...

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