Travel & Events

Vintage In the West Country

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Well, this is goodbye. But only for a bit! I’m off on my holidays next week. I am staying in a really amazing holiday…

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Retro Chick Goes to Glyndebourne

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Do you remember about a month ago I told you I was off to the Opera for the first time? Well now I’m back…

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Vintage Rotterdam

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To write about Vintage Rotterdam is an odd thing. That’s because Rotterdam is a brand spanking new city of sparkling glass, concrete and high…

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Pretty Nostalgic Norwich

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In January I was contacted by the lovely Pretty Nostalgic Magazine. They asked me if I would write a travel piece on Norwich, a…

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Vintage Leamington Spa

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I love exploring new places. Too many people just jump on a plane and head off for sunny shores (though looking out of the…

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Christmas Starts Here – Birmingham Christmas Markets

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Christmas officially started this week as far as I’m concerned! Don’t worry. I’m not so forward as to have done anything so foolish as…

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Seaside Style

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There’s no time like Autumn to take a trip to the seaside. All the Summer crowds are gone and you can often have the…

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A Touch of Downton Abbey at Hintlesham Hall

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I’ve been away for a few days. This time it was for our wedding anniversary and we pushed out several incredibly leaky boats to…

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Whisky In The Wilds of Scotland

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In the second of two immensely ill-timed pre planned breaks I spent last weekend on the remote Scottish Island of Jura. How I ended…

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