Growing up in Australia I lived right on the coast north of Sydney and going to the beach was part of my everyday lifestyle – not so much in the winter of course, but come summer the beach is where I was just about every single day. I went swimming before work and a swim [...]

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I have been calculating how long it has been since I had a holiday and worked out that it has been almost three years. We went to Venice in November 2008 and even though that was not the best time of year to visit the watery city it was still mild enough to enjoy the [...]

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Just lately I have been wondering if we are going to see any warm weather at all – we are now into July and you cannot really call the weather we have been having lately that of the summery-kind. I remember last year the weather warmed up nicely in July, enough for me to work [...]

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