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Cheshire Cats Capers: Around the Kenai, Alaska
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Avoiding bears, mountain lions and Exmoor sheep! Monday, 27 July 2015. Around the Kenai, Alaska. As we drove towards Soldotna, quite early, well early for us, we saw our first moose, they’re much bigger than we realised, but I think they’re quite cute, although not so cute I’d like to get any closer to them. We watched as they contentedly browsed through the marsh, before continuing on our way. One of the first places we visited was Captain Cook State Recreation Area. When we eventually arrived at Captai...
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Cheshire Cats Capers: January 2015
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Avoiding bears, mountain lions and Exmoor sheep! Friday, 30 January 2015. It was time to leave Raton, so on yet another sunny, but chilly morning, we joined I25. When we left it was 43F and windy, but with the wind behind us most of the way, it practically blew us south. Amazing what a difference a following wind makes to fuel economy! There was snow on the mountains around Cimarron, but by the time we reached Santa Fe, although it was still cold, the snow had disappeared. Last year our Grand Canyon hiki...
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Cheshire Cats Capers: Old Town Kenai, Alaska
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Avoiding bears, mountain lions and Exmoor sheep! Tuesday, 28 July 2015. Old Town Kenai, Alaska. The Kenai visitor centre has a small museum with lots of interesting exhibits, I rather fell for these beautiful beaded gloves. Around the corner from the visitor centre is old town Kenai, originally home to Russian fur traders and native Kenaitze indians. The church, chapel and rectory are examples of Russian style architecture on the far western frontier. DB had a half beef and cheddar sandwich and coffee, I...
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Cheshire Cats Capers: Whittier, Alaska
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Avoiding bears, mountain lions and Exmoor sheep! Saturday, 25 July 2015. Whittier is an unusual place as other than arriving by boat from Prince William Sound the only way to get there is to either drive or take the train through the Anton Anderson Tunnel. Although I suppose if you really wanted to you could hike across the mountains. A traffic light system advises when it’s your turn to start through. It’s a strange feeling as you start to enter the narrow one way tunnel. Driving towards the tunnel.
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Cheshire Cats Capers: Exit Glacier, Seward, Alaska
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Avoiding bears, mountain lions and Exmoor sheep! Tuesday, 14 July 2015. Exit Glacier, Seward, Alaska. Not far from Seward, Exit Glacier is part of the huge Harding Icefield. A remnant of the Great Ice Age, each year between 150 and 200 inches of snow fall on the icefield. Harding icefield covers a huge part of the Kenai Peninsula, and is 50 miles long and 30 miles wide, something that wasn’t discovered until the early 1990’s. It’s hard to visualise that much snow and ice. Maybe, possibly, one day! DB was...
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One Red Vespa: London Vespa Bar
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Monday, September 28, 2009. It honestly amazes me when sometimes, social media sites are actually able to be good for things other than updating people you haven't seen since high school, having a winge and exchanging procrastination-facilitating links like that awesome new video Gran Turismo 5's creators have put together as an ode to the new Ferrari 458 Italia. ahem. I received a note on my Twitter account. I'm going to have to go visit in person when I finally get over to England for a trip.
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Pigs Ear 2013 | Thoughts of an East London Drinker
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Thoughts of an East London Drinker. Beer and pub reviews from East of the smoke – this is not an official CAMRA website. November 12, 2013. Yeah sorry I haven’t posted much of late… been busy. Before I do – here is a commercial break! A note from my friends and colleagues at East London CAMRA. Taste the Innovative and the Traditional at Pig’s Ear Beer Festival. Happy drinkers at Pigs Ear. From the acclaimed Quebec Brewery of Charlevoix. Much more news from ELAC can be found on Twitter. You are commenting...
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Cheshire Cats Capers: July 2014
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Avoiding bears, mountain lions and Exmoor sheep! Sunday, 20 July 2014. At the top of the Sandia Mountains. We checked the weather, we wanted an almost wind free day to take the tram to the top of the Sandia Mountains. Chilly, with next to no wind, sounded good to us, so off we went. Especially as strong winds were forecast to hit Albuquerque over the following days. Imagine being in a tram dangling on a wire half way up a mountain if the winds really started to blow, scary thought! Arriving at the top.
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