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    The view from my "office"

    Lanercost Abbey near Hadrians wall
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    Cash or Card? Countries where you still need cash.

    Currently in the UK - have yet to find a laundromat that takes cards
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    Tell me about Cornwall and Devon for a 5 day break

    Just to confirm - the Minack theatre would be on the list of places everyone should go - the story behind it is amazing and the view is superb
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    Wordle!

    Fail again - now I lost my streak of 1 and have to start again
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    What cheeses me off

    Grandparents who think it is appropriate to goo and gah over the videos of grandchildren at full volume in the breakfast room at a hotel
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    Tell me about Cornwall and Devon for a 5 day break

    The only problem is that they usually want a UK bank account to do the direct debit - although Wise would probably work
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    Tell me about Cornwall and Devon for a 5 day break

    Another comment - rural England can often have poor internet coverage. I much prefer google maps to the sat nav in the car so may be worth downloading the areas you are travelling to as offline maps
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    Tell me about Cornwall and Devon for a 5 day break

    Laycock Abbey is really interesting. The north coast along Lynton and Lynmouth is great. St Ives is beautiful - lots of great cafes Cotswold are all beautiful but Bourton on the Water is the one that is always packed. I like Moreton on the Marsh as well
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    Tell me about Cornwall and Devon for a 5 day break

    https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/gardens-around-the-world.100806/page-10#post-2292132 https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cornwall/lanhydrock Gardens around the world. Eden project. This was interesting but I wouldn't go again. Most of the national trust...
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    The view from my "office"

    That's the one
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    The view from my "office"

    I found a nice airbnb in Alnwick only 10 minutes walk to the Castle and there is a bookshop I want to check out Durham and York are both beautiful cities but I've spent a bit of time in them both.
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    Wordle!

    Sad day - lost my streak Wordle 1,037 X/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
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    The view from my "office"

    just looking at accommodation for Alnwick for later in the week
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    The view from my "office"

    Saffron Walden UK
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    The view from my "office"

    Cambridgeshire UK
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    Made any travel mistakes lately?

    Welcome to AFF and your first post
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    The view from my "office"

    IWM Duxford I wanted to take these while the sun was shining. 10 minutes ago it was persisting down.
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    Do you leave a tip for hotel housekeeping?

    How much do you leave or does it vary on the location and how much the hotel cost?
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    What cheeses me off

    Oh maybe I’ll email them all now. I had to email them again and ask them what the fee was if the Taxi dropped me off on the first floor of the car park because I did a dummy booking for 15 minutes on the car park website and it was £19 But apparently you get 20 minutes for free that was another...
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    What cheeses me off

    Mmm if you read my response I did so them
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