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When the smallest room gets the Michael Scott touch

BathroomsfiftyfourandcountingNovember 23, 2020

Incredibly the smallest room in the house is often the least pampered when it comes to home improvements. Our downstairs loo is used a lot, and especially more so now that we are working from home during this pandemic. Our downstairs loo had a cupboard too small to hang coats, a cupboard above that had…

BritishfiftyfourandcountingOctober 15, 2020

The Bridge, Prestbury – Probably the Best Fish and Chips I have ever had!

Just had lunch in The Bridge in Prestbury, Cheshire on a chilly but sunny day with my wife. We were determined…

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingOctober 9, 2020

Sanity, Abnormality and an Escape from Reality – Porto Sani, Halkidiki, Greece

2020 will be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic. A time in humanities history when the planet was hit by a deadly…

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingApril 4, 2020

You’ve gotta laugh!

During the Pandemic of 2020 and during the lockdown, increasingly I have received from friends and family humour to help through…

UKfiftyfourandcountingApril 3, 2020

When Compensation isn’t Compensation!

I recently had a need to send a parcel and so decided to use MyHermes. I’ve used them in the past…

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingMarch 29, 2020

2020 Global Pandemic, is this really happening? Thank Goodness for the NHS!

Panic buying, people die-ing, the army on standby, schools and shops closed, self-isolation, hardship and all because of a virus disease…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 23, 2020

I amsterdam city card – Amazingly convenient and great value!

We planned a four day leisure weekend in Amsterdam in part because we’d not been to the Netherlands and because a…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 22, 2020

The Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam – 1000 years of history in one place

Our final museum stop before heading back to our hotel to collect suitcases was in a former orphanage and now the…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 20, 2020

The Willet-Holthuysen Museum, Amsterdam – A canal-side home frozen in time

The Willet-Holthuysen Museum was left by Sandrina Louisa Geertruyda Holthuysen in her will in 1895 to the city of Amsterdam. Visiting…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 19, 2020

Dutch Verzets Resistance Museum, Amsterdam – Everyone should visit this moving record of history

On our final day in Amsterdam, the weather was damp, cold and miserable, but this didn’t stop us using our I…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 17, 2020

The Avocado Show, Amsterdam – Probably the Freshest & Healthiest Meal I have ever had!

Prior to the global shutdown, Amsterdam’s culinary scene was buzzing with great restaurants, bars and coffee shops, but there was one…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 17, 2020

De Bakkerswinkel, Amsterdam – Afternoon Tea but not as we know it!

After a really pleasant Lovers Canal Cruise we walked across town to De Bakkerswinkel where afternoon tea had been organised by…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 15, 2020

Pllek, Amsterdam – OMG! I was not expecting this in a shipping container

The main purpose of our trip to Amsterdam was to join friends to help celebrate a 60th birthday. Our good friend…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 14, 2020

Royal Coster Diamonds – There’s a lot more to a diamond that meets the eye

After visiting the Rijksmuseum, before jumping on the tram we decided to visit the Royal Coster Diamonds Museum and workshop. This…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 13, 2020

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam – Without doubt ‘The Best Art Museum’ I have ever been to!

I just loved the Rijkmuseum.. and I don’t normally like museums. Having visited Rembrandts House Museum whilst in Amsterdam, I was…

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