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Kataifi, Kassiopi castle and harbour side drinks

How can spending a day relaxing by the sea be so tiring? If I get any more chilled, I’m going [...]

Jul 7, 2011     Comments Off
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Sailing in the Aegean, evening shopping

Another beautiful day in paradise, clear sunny skies, with a light breeze to cool you. I’m starting to miss the [...]

Jul 6, 2011     Comments Off
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Afternoon tea, self catering, Greek martial arts

We had a surprise start to yesterday, our house sitter called and said the snake had escaped and was loose [...]

Jul 5, 2011     Comments Off
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Sun, Rain, Sun, and burnt nipples

We’ve only been here in Corfu for three days, and yet I’m so relaxed, it feels like a lifetime. It’s [...]

Jul 4, 2011     Comments Off
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Kassiopi and the Lofos Hotel

Kassiopi village is in north east Corfu, and is situated just behind the headland, and between two sandy bays and [...]

Jul 3, 2011     Comments Off
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First night out, and thunder storms

We enjoyed our first meal out last night at the wonderful Three Brothers restaurant, which overlooks Kassiopi harbour. The tiny [...]

Jul 3, 2011     Comments Off
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Sun, sun, fun, we’re on holiday

Well after an endless countdown we’ve arrived in Kassiopi, Corfu for our summer holiday. The weather is just right, hot [...]

Jul 2, 2011     Comments Off
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North Norfolk Weekend away

We’ve just got back from a great weekend with Helens family in north Norfolk. Ten of us stayed in a [...]

May 2, 2011     Comments Off
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Holiday booked, and we’re off to Greece

Yippee, the Helen has booked our summer holiday, and we’re off to Greece. We’ve fallen in love with Kassiopi, a small fishing village in northern Corfu. It has just about everything you could want from a holiday, from the peaceful a harbour side fishing village, [...]

Apr 2, 2011     Comments Off
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Beautiful Peak district Holiday

After a fun filled Christmas Helen and I got away for a relaxing break in the beautiful Peak district. We [...]

Jan 12, 2011     Comments Off
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Kassiopi, Corfu

We've been away in Greece for two weeks. We stayed in Kassiopi, a beautiful fishing village in northern Corfu, and it was extremely relaxing, and just what we needed to recharge the batteries.

Sep 8, 2010     Comments Off
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Greek holiday, the countdown begins

Wow, we’ve received our tickets and we’re on the final countdown for our Greek holiday. I just can’t wait. Sun, Sea, and Sand. [...]

Aug 7, 2010     Comments Off
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The Atlantic wall casemates and batteries

The Merville Gun Battery was a coastal fortification in Normandy, France in use as part of the Nazi's Atlantic wall built to defend continental Europe from Allied invasion. It was one of the first places to be attacked by Allied forces on D-Day. [...]

Jul 25, 2010     Comments Off
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The D-Day Beaches

It’s now nearly 65 years since D-Day, and the Normandy coast is peaceful with lovely seaside towns and picturesque beaches. Behind the coast is an old-fashioned farming landscape of grain fields, cattle and pastures, hedges and farmhouses. [...]

Jul 23, 2010     1 Comment
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    January is usually a month of hard frosts although with global warming changing our climate, this prediction is hardly firm. Harvest Leeks may well be standing ready but if a long freeze seems likely you can dig some up and … Continue reading → […]
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