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Yeehaws and Alligators
We’ve never really been the package tour types, though we have done a few and they’ve mostly been good delivering exactly what one would expect. But even when the kids were small we did some wonderful...
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Reggie does a Fenton
Our adorable sabre border collie dog, Reggie, loves all people including angry ones, he loves all dogs initially but runs away if they so much as scowl, he’s terrified of sheep which is not a good...
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Kino Yoga, Chai Latte and 193 steps
I’m writing this with the only things on my body that are currently not stiff and that’s the tips of my fingers (and ok yes the other one). This weekends Kino MacGregor yoga workshops in London are...
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Margaret Thatcher – our saviour!
It all happened on our honeymoon in Tunisia back in 1985. A random guy suddenly ran up to us outside of the local souk, ranting and raving. I assumed that he was either offended by my young wife...
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Gunfight at the Florida Mall
There are times when taking a photo could get you killed and had I found my camera that day, it’s likely you wouldn’t be reading this because I wouldn’t be here to write it. It has been said in a...
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Arran – the day before the Buddhists
The day before the lads went over to the Buddhist car free Holy Isle – as previously blogged at http://kevollier.com/2012/10/06/buddhists-peace-and-yoga-turrets/ - we had all hiked through the...
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Ben Nevis
I knew this was going to be a classic ‘lads walk’ when checking in at Bristol airport and newcomer Reg decided to put his budbomb through security. A budbomb is a highly sophisticated polished metal,...
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Longleat Safari Park
Just before Christmas I took my grandson Ollie, daughter Emma and son James to Longleat Safari Park (which means I paid for them) and it was very excellent. The Lions were super active and being...
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The British Buddhist Holy Isle.
On the 18th April 1992 Buddhist Lama Yeshe Rinpoche bought a whole island off the coast from the Island of Arran which in turn is off the coast of Scotland. It is called Holy Isle and must not be...
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Glastonbury to Delhi
After our last trip to India in 2012 we decided not to ever again sleep overnight on chairs at Gatwick or any other airport and so we booked in at a nearby Gatwick Hotel which is a 10 minute shuttle...
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In Search of Gandhi (Part 1)
The alarm was set for 8.30am to try and force adjust any potential jet lagging and so it was that we fell asleep around 6am. The breakfast room was just outside the bedroom and the smells and laughter...
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In Search of Gandhi (Part 2)
following on from – http://kevollier.com/2014/04/14/north-india-in-23-days-day-2-in-search-of-gandhi-part-1/ It was hot and we all needed water. So after a whole hour of walking the 10 minute walk from...
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Holi !
following on from In Search of Gandhi (Part 2) http://kevollier.com/2014/04/23/north-india-in-search-of-gandhi-part-2/ Sitting down for breakfast we were joined by a Swiss couple who looked like they’d...
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Delhi to McLeod Ganj
Of all the things to excite you in Delhi there is one ‘must do’. At around 5pm take a taxi across the breadth of the city, a journey of about an hour and then get a tuk tuk back and in that 2 hours,...
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The Karma of Gay Abandon
Before this India trip a neighbour informed me that he’d never get on to a bus in India where the driver believes in reincarnation. I recalled this statement less than one hour in. The day had started...
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Bodh Gaya – The Buddhist Theme Park
There are four places which are important and the ultimate pilgrimages for Buddhists. There is his birthplace which is Lumbini in Nepal, his death place at Kushinigar, India, his first sermon at...
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