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Vienna (Wien) Part 2
Schönbrunn Palace a 1,441 room Summer Palace of the Habsburg dynasty. Susan and I saw this in an Andre Rieu concert broadcast on satellite TV and we , well I, so wished to see the grand ballroom live...
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Bratislava
The capitol of Slovakia and also the largest city of that country. This was a first for me, due to my employment I was never allowed to visit Warsaw countries and Slovakia at that time united with the...
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The Golden Danube
In any holiday there are moments which stand out and are forevermore impressed into the memory cells of the brain. Such a moment I described in my blog “River Cruise – Vienna” I will always recall...
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Budapest
Saturday May 2012, woke up to a bright sunny dawn felt good until I realised this was the last day of our River Cruise down the Danube. Today we would spend time in Budapest, the Capitol of Hungary....
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Intrepids Day Out – Floors Castle
At long last after what seems a lifetime The Intrepids had a day out together. Last time we all met was in May when we visited Doune Castle. Yes it was top be another castle, Floors Castle as...
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Intrepids Day Out 3/8/2012 – For These Are My Montains….
What! Two consecutive days of sunshine – Wahay the Intrepids were Stepping out again., this time off to Rannoch Moor and Glencoe. Most of the time we are pretty lucky with our day trips, however,...
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Intrepids Day Out – Journey to Fort William – By Rail 11/08/2012
On the 3rd of August The Intrepids had a day out at Glencoe – see These are my Mountains, on the 11th August we had planned to join a special trip by train on the West Highland Line. The trip was...
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Feel The Burn – The Intrepids Do Glen Ogle
4.75 miles, not a lot to a serious biker, or a serious walker, to us it was an achievement. I’m 61, Susan (age not disclosed) and Sid will be 70 in October, have not done any serious cycling for more...
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A Culture Tour – Stratford – Upon – Avon
This may upset a lot of people, I may be inundated with disgruntled comments on publication but I have to make it clear from the start – I do not like Shakespear or even Shakespeare. His plays leave me...
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Catch up – January – February 2013
Where does the time go I usually find that the winter months of January – March are the slowest in passing, I know they are slow regards outings and photography. We (Susan and me) did go on a few...
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March Catch Up Part 2
Its June 7th and I’m still playing catch up I got as far a the beginning of March in last blog, and looking at my photos I realise that March was a busy month for The Intrepids, Susan and me. It was...
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Highland Day Trip – Hairy Coo 2
Last May (2012) a few like minded souls who shared a similar interest arranged to share a bus trip run by Hairy Coo bus tours. We took the standard tour which covered the Central Lowland/Highland...
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Highland Adventure – August 2013 Day 1
When a friend alerted me that she was willing to hire out her holiday caravan I spoke to my fellow Intrepids, Susan and Sid, with a view to hiring said caravan for a week. The caravan is based in...
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Highland Adventure – August 2013 Day 2
Scotland is beautiful, even in the rain it has majestic scenery. No I’m, not being biased, I’m quoting from fellow tourists we met on our Highland Adventure en-route to Ullapool. Susan, my partner,...
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Highland Adventure – August 2013 Day 4
Crack of Dawn, Wednesday 14th August saw Susan and I get ready for our unplanned but much anticipated trip to the Western Isles, namely Isle of Lewis. The idea of the trip came about on our previous...
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Highland Adventure – August 2013 Day 5
Today we planned to take it easy especially after our long day of adventure on the Isle of Lewis. A late start to the day saw us having our breakfast at 09:00 and then a long chat with our friend Val...
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Highland Adventure – August 2013 Day 6
06:00 on a nice sunny dawn on Friday 16 August 2013 saw us up bright and early. This was the final day of our Highland adventure. This was the day I would tick off my bucket list, three places, Dunnet...
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River Cruise – Elbe – May 2013
As I looked out of my living-room window into the dark enshrouded garden, listening to the wind blowing through the trees, my mind turned back to the Viking River Cruise trip Susan and I took down the...
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