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Month: July 2014

What did the Romans ever do for us?

Posted on 31st July 2014 by Mintball | Category: 2014, Summer 2014

A lot of distance with relatively little to see takes Kathy and Steve out on to the tideway and then onto some Roman canal before stopping for the night in a village with a Viking history.

Terrance Trent Derby? Surely it’s Terrance Trent Nottingham

Posted on 30th July 2014 by Mintball | Category: 2014, Summer 2014

After an Easter Weekend experience in Nottingham Kathy and Steve barely give it the time of day, stopping only to do a food shop before escaping from the city as fast as they can. only to find that the opening hours on the locks really aren’t what you’d expect for high summer.

The Cranfleet Cut sounds like some sort of Public School entrance exam

Posted on 29th July 20145th September 2015 by Mintball | Category: 2014, Summer 2014

Kathy and Steve totally fail to get in a pickle, or go for a Burton before passing by a little bit of Ukraine, ending up for the night at somewhere that sounds like it could be a public school but isn’t

Barton Turns? Wasn’t he a Special Agent?

Posted on 28th July 2014 by Mintball | Category: 2014, Summer 2014

Another fine sunny day sees Kathy and Steve make their way through mostly open countryside, past a collection of toilets before getting up close and intimate with the A38 for a short while.

It’s all gone a bit wibbly wobbly

Posted on 27th July 2014 by Mintball | Category: 2014, Summer 2014

Avoiding Wolverhampton, and in reality really avoiding anywhere including Stafford, Kathy and Steve meander all over the countryside, almost gatecrash a wedding and end up in the middle of nowhere for a rather fine traditional Sunday Roast.

Gad.. that sun’s hot…Better not touch it then…

Posted on 26th July 201421st July 2021 by Mintball | Category: 2014, Summer 2014

In which Kathy and Steve make their way through some rather crazy 19th Century engineering, involve themselves in a perfectly legal tax evasion process and then make their merry way through more cuttings, saying hello to “Lord Lucan” on the way.

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