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Postcards from Kannus, Finland
Alighting from the Helsinki to Oulu bound train at Kannus, I arrived at my base for most of my stay in Finland. This sleepy Finnish town can be found in the Central Ostrobothnia region, 510 km north of...
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Gardenwatch: Dahlias, Bees and Butterflies
While the rest of Europe basks in the heat, the population of Wales and the rest of the UK is currently sighing at the rather wet and windy weather we’ve been having these past couple of weeks. It...
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Tankar Island, Finland
The small but beautiful island of Tankar can be found in the outer archipelago in the south of the Bay of Bothnia. The island was inhabited as early as the 16th century by fishermen and seal hunters....
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Manchester Street Art – August 2023
Last week I treated my niece to a trip to Manchester for a few days. I knew the trip would mostly be about shopping, but I also wanted to show her at least a little bit of Manchester’s wonderful street...
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Gardenwatch: Misfit Dahlias
Hello from a wet and windy Mid Wales! Long-term readers will know that I’m a bit obsessed when it comes to dahlias. I can’t pass one on a plant stall, or in a nursery, and not buy it! Well, the dahlias...
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Jessie Wills Anderson
An unassuming gravestone sits in the village cemetery, no different to those surrounding it. It gives no indication of the lives led by those it immortalises. You would never know to look at it, but...
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Valkohieta Beach, Finland
Have you ever had a whole beach to yourself? On a hot day back in June, during my visit to Finland, my friend and I discovered we had an entire beach all to ourselves. We’d spent a few hours in...
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Helsinki Christmas Market
Beneath the snowy steps of the city’s great white cathedral sits Senate Square, the location for Helsinki’s Christmas Market (locally known as “Tuomaan Markkinat”). This year the market runs from 1st...
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2023 – A Review
It’s that time of the year between Christmas and New Year when my energy totally disappears! However, at least this year I have dodged the old C.O.V.I.D. Thankfully! Travel After not venturing beyond...
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Helsinki Cathedral
Think of one landmark in Helsinki and it will most likely be Helsinki Cathedral. It sits proudly above Senate Square, but it is not Helsinki’s only cathedral. We’ll visit a different cathedral in...
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With it being a very wet and very windy January, you’d think the back garden would be fairly quiet, apart from the little garden birds. Well, when I checked the wildlife camera in the garden I found...
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Oulu Cathedral, Finland
Oulu – The fourth northernmost city in the world with over 100,000 inhabitants, known as the “capital of Northern Finland” and, surprisingly, home to the Air Guitar World Championships! Oulu sits on...
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