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Uh, we are playing a game now where we make up funny fake names for small English towns, preferably involving cheese of some sort… please join us…

This came about because of my silly little post where I dreamed of retiring someday to an English village called: Cheddarcheeseham… (not a real place)… and might be an offshoot of a post I did long ago, just after returning … Continue reading

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Which of these are real towns in the United Kingdom, and which are just silly words that I made up… a game…

Haltwhistle Hexham Ballinamallard Swindon Kettlewell Wasdale Head Workington Mallwyd Furnace Peebles Crumlin Nuneaton Wolverhampton Thrapston Thornaby Darlington Hartlepool West Woodburn Ecclefechan Alnwick Hay-on-Wye Llanybydder Kidderminster Fawsley Abergavenny Wisbech Long Eaton North Hykeham Coningsby Horncastle Worksop Thirsk Bridlington Hunmanby Hutton-le-Hole Kirkbymoorside … Continue reading

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The real England… part 1…

After our exciting three-or-so days in London, we left the big city for the rural countryside. I am not saying that London is not the real England too, but going there and only seeing London is like going to San … Continue reading

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Goodbye, London… the final final chapter… no… seriously… this is the last one…

The thing is… and we might as well get the ‘thing’ out of the way right up front… but as I was going through all the pictures of our trip and organizing them, I named a bunch of them; me … Continue reading

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Even more pictures of London…

I will start telling you the details of our trip tomorrow, but that first few days in London was so exciting that between Mollie and I, we took a heck of a lot of pictures of the city, and I … Continue reading

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Some random pictures of London… just to get this party started…

Black cabs and Big Ben… which is actually the name of the bell and not the clock or the clock tower… in case you didn’t know that… I didn’t even notice I was in that picture until just now… I … Continue reading

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The human race… the final chapter… a view to a win…

Well, the votes are in, and it turns out that my country loves me the most. After adding up one week worth of votes, here are the results: Country Views United States 520 Canada 100 United Kingdom 64 Turkey 21 … Continue reading

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I like it when my English friends show up in greater numbers than the Americans… makes me feel so international…

Country Views United Kingdom 162 United States 131 Canada 13 Spain 4 Ireland 2 India 1 New Zealand 1

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