When Naomi and Dan were children, my favourite time of the day was when I read bedtime stories to them as well as `making up` stories to tell them. [Naomi is nearly 24 and about to be married, yet she is always talking about `my stories`]. As any dad will know, having quality time with […]
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I read an article recently that said The Leaning Tower of Pisa is not leaning as much as it used to as the tower is beginning to straighten out due to ambitious engineering to strengthen the ground. Having been to Pisa in 2006 and climbed the 12th century iconic Tuscan bell tower it really is […]
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Any car owner would have been as surprised as me when I woke up on Wednesday morning to see my vehicle completely covered in the Sahara Desert red dust, as it made a surprise visit to the UK last week. The last time I recall it being that bad was in 1989 when the Sahara […]
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