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The oldest stones in the world take you where?
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. Impossible? No. This post takes a trip around the oldest stone circle in the world - in the heart of Wiltshire - and triggers...
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Saying goodbye like a Solomon Islander
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. Impossible? No. This post is an obituary for a former boss of mine when I lived overseas in the South Pacific for two years....
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Call it a pilgrimage not a journey
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. Impossible? No. This post gives a few tips on why we take a break on a long journey. Words from Nicola Baird (see...
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You can find Switzerland in the UK
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. Impossible? No. This post gives a few tips on how to find Switzerland in Derbyshire and the Lake District - or simply just...
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Try an Ethiopian dish
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. Impossible? No. This post gives you a glimpse of all things Ethiopian in a tiny corner of Finsbury Park in London. Words from...
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Thinking about WW1 - home from home and Ypres
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. Impossible? No. This post looks at ways to remember the many people who died in WW1 - especially in the area around Ypres,...
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Making a journey an adventure - bikes
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. Impossible? No. This post looks at ways to make a short cycle ride across the city into a mini-adventure. How do you turn a...
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Book review: Don't Even Think About It - why our brains are hardwired to...
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. Impossible? No. This is a book review of climatologist George Marshall's newest work, Don't Even Think About It. George has...
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The big poppy row: remembering World War One 1914-1918
This blog is about low-carbon family travel. After visiting the Tower of London's ceramic poppy field I wanted to find out if this type of public art has a useful effect on my 13 year old daughter. If...
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Maybe it's time to learn a little Chinese?
This blog is about low-carbon family travel. Staying home shouldn't be a barrier to getting prepared for meeting people. Here Nicola Baird considers whether to challenge the family to take a few...
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Ways to ski in UK snow
This blog is about low-carbon family travel. Will it or won't it snow this year? With Facebook friends publishing endless pix of far away spots where the snow is falling (from Serbia to Sheffield) how...
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Meeting a very old mulberry tree - in Lewes
This blog is about low-carbon family travel. Exploring Lewes you may find the oldest mulberry tree - at 35o years old it's ancient, but a mere tot compared to the oldest tree in the world that's found...
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Thoughts on Jaffa, oranges and Paddington bear
This blog is about low-carbon family travel. Here's a way to make use of Jaffa oranges and imagine yourself in Palestine or even Jordan's scented orange orchards. Post by Nicola Baird Stage 3 of making...
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18 Folgate Street - London with the Hugenots
This blog is about low-carbon family travel. Here's a way to visit the 18th and 19th centuries on a silent-tour of Dennis Severs' house at 18 Folgate Street, E1. I love mini-museums (London has many...
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How travellers get joy from fake-cations, staying home & plane-free travel
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. Impossible? No. This post looks at some strange ways people pretend to be away on holiday (when in fact they are just faking...
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Where do you go to admire trees?
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. Impossible? No. This post looks at some very special trees you can vote for in the European Tree of the Year. But the best...
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Who's the monster - Cyclone Pam or climate change?
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. We do this in a bid to be less polluting and tackle climate change while at the same time keeping a global outlook. So when...
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Cakes and bikes : these are a few of my favourite things (Herts via Austria)
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. We do this in a bid to be less polluting and tackle climate change while at the same time keeping a global outlook. So when I...
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Cherry blossom season: London, Japan, Washington
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. We do this in a bid to be less polluting and tackle climate change while at the same time keeping a global outlook. Here's a...
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This racehorse life from Newmarket to Qatar
This blog is about family travel around the world without leaving the UK. We do this in a bid to be less polluting and tackle climate change while at the same time keeping a global outlook. At the...
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