September 2011
Back across the Pennines from Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire to Slaithwaite in West Yorkshire. 59 miles and 69 locks.

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August 2011
Short(ish) trip across Denmark, taking in Jutland, Funen, Zealand, and Copenhagen.

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July 2011
Long weekend in Topsham, East Devon for Andrew's brother's wedding.

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June 2011
Across the Pennines from Yorkshire to Lancashire. 86 miles and 64 locks.

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March 2011
A few days in Portsmouth to celebrate Andrew's birthday.

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December 2010/January 2011
Overland to Denmark for a chilly and snowy New Year.

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August/September 2010
A 3,000 mile trip by train and ferry to Finland to explore the eastern lake district, then back across the Baltic to Sweden and Norway.

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July 2010
Over the Pennines from Congleton in Cheshire to Wakefield in West Yorkshire. 70 miles and 123 locks.

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April 2010
Our first trip to Ireland. Going by surface transport, of course!

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December 2009/January 2010
New Year in Antwerp then Amsterdam to stay with friends (and Brussels on the way back, of course).

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August/September 2009
A leisurely trip through coastal south east Sweden (inc. Gotland and Öland) and across Denmark.

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May 2009
Along the old Oxford Canal from Oxford to Crick (Northants) - 70 miles and 56 locks.

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March 2009
To Barcelona by train via Montpellier and Paris.

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December 2008/January 2009
New Year in Brussels and Antwerp.

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October/November 2008
Two weeks travelling around the Kattegat, taking in Esbjerg, Århus, Gothenburg and Copenhagen.

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July 2008
Along the Kennet & Avon Canal, and River Avon, from Berkshire to Bristol.

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July 2008
Exeter and East Devon for an important birthday party and a long weekend.

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May/June 2008
Some chill-out time in Dave's favourite city.

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March 2008
Mini trans-Baltic trip to celebrate Andrew's birthday.

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January 2008
First visit to Switzerland together.

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December 2007
Christmas on the Isle of Purbeck.

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December 2007
Kölsch and Christmas Markets. With friends, by train via Brussels.

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November 2007
To celebrate Dave's Birthday

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August 2007
A 100 mile trip by canal across the Heart of England from Birmingham to London.

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June 2007
Just one visit to Stockholm this year.

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May 2007
From Tromsø to Trondheim via the wonderful Lofoten islands, by boat, train, and plane.

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March 2007
A long-weekend to celebrate Andrew's birthday.

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February 2007
A long-weekend with friends.

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January 2007
This is where we started the year - New Year's Day 2007.

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December 2006/January 2007
We end the year where we started it, In Stockholm, before taking a ferry to Tallinn to see in the New Year.

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November 2006
A very special trip to Copenhagen with a few friends, to celebrate Dave's 40th birthday.

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October 2006
Another long weekend in Stockholm.

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September 2006
Another weekend on the Thames on the Chelonian from Clifton Hampden to Pangbourne.

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July 2006
A special reunion in Helsinki at its summer best..

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May/June 2006
Rather complicated zig-zag trip across Northern Europe taking in Den Haag, Berlin, Hamburg, Southern Denmark, Bornholm, Ystad and Copenhagen.

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May 2006
Down the Thames and Wey on the Chelonian from Marlow to Byfleet.

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April 2006
Easter weekend in Antwerp and Brussels.

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March 2006
An unseasonably snowy weekend in Stockholm for Andrew's birthday.

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December 2005/January 2006
Helsinki and Stockholm, with New Year celebrated on a ferry somewhere between the two.

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November 2005
Second visit to Copenhagen this year - this time to celebrate Dave's birthday.

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September 2005
Weekend in Manchester.

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August 2005
A major trip by surface transport to the Faroe Islands via Scotland, Orkney and Shetland.

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July/August 2005
A boat & train trip to celebrate our friend's 40th birthday: Hamburg - Kiel - Oslo and Stockholm.

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March 2005
To celebrate (very slightly belatedly) Andrew's birthday.

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January & May 2005
Two weekends in Brussels.

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December 2004
A very last-minute trip - we decided to go, booked, and departed on the same day!

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November 2004
Long birthday weekend in Berlin.

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September/October 2004
A 1,200km circular tour around the heart of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire: Vienna - Bratislava - Budapest - Zagreb - Ljubljana - Villach - Vienna.

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August 2004
Weekend break in Oslo.

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July/August 2004
Another jaunt around the Baltic, taking in Stockholm, Åland, Tampere and Helsinki.

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June 2004
A long weekend in Exeter to visit family.

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May 2004
Another short stay on the Chelonian in Berkshire.

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April 2004
Easter weekend in Brussels

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February 2004
An early spring long weekend on the Cote d'Azure. This trip also provided an opportunity to visit a new country - Monaco.

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Christmas 2003
A quiet Christmas on the Chelonian in Berkshire.

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November 2003
Our first transcontinental trip - three weeks travelling by train from Halifax, Nova Scotia all the way (over 4,000 miles) across Canada to Vancouver.

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July 2003
Another exploration of Scandinavia. This time its a more intimate journey through the Jutland peninsular of Denmark.

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May 2003
Long weekend in Berlin.

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March 2003
Andrew's birthday in Helsinki this year.

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February and August 2003
Two weekends in Brussels this year!

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December 2002
Another business trip to Frankfurt, and another excuse for a long weekend.

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November 2002
Another birthday for Dave in Helsinki. This time with a day-trip to Tampere too.

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October 2002
A business trip gave us the excuse to visit Sweden's capital again.

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July/August 2002
A "cruise" around theBaltic, taking in Stockholm, Helsinki and Tallinn, with a side trip to Gothenburg too.

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April 2002
A very short overnight visit to Lille, basically to take a couple of friends out to dinner!

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March 2002
A long weekend in Hamburg to celebrate Andrew's birthday, plus a visit to Lübeck.

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February, May, and October 2002
Three weekends in Brussels this year!

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November 2001
To Stockholm for Dave's birthday

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September 2001
A weekend trip to South Lakeland for a friend's wedding.

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September 2001
Brussels for a weekend.

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July/August 2001
From Denmark to Oslo by ferry, then across Norway by train. A memorable trip with our friends Dave and Rob.

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May 2001
A return visit to Berlin. It is still full of cranes, but now there is also a lot to show for all that activity.

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March 2001
For Andrew's 40th birthday we decided on a train trip to Cologne via Brussels. We also managed a rail excursion to Luxembourg.

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December 2000/January 2001
We liked the idea of going away somewhere different for Christmas and New Year. We chose Scandinavia (what a surprise!) - Stockholm and Copenhagen.

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December 2000
Dave was unexpectedly in Frankfurt on business, so we decided to make a weekend of it.

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November 2000
For his 2000 birthday, Dave decided that he wanted to go back to Helsinki. And we had a particularly memorable weekend.

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September 2000
Just a short summer break in 2000 - 5 nights in Budapest.

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March, August & November 2000
Three trips to Brussels this year.

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November 1999
Our second visit to Copenhagen - to celebrate David's birthday.

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July/August 1999
Across the Baltic region by train and boat from St Petersburg to Stockholm via Tallinn, Helsinki, Turku and the Åland islands.

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February 1999
Long weekend in Amsterdam and Utrecht.

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Christmas 1998
A perfect Christmas in a rented cottage on the North Yorkshire Moors.

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November 1998
A weekend in Paris for Dave's birthday.

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July/August 1998
A short summer break in Sweden's beautiful capital (the first of many).

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March 1998
By Eurostar to the "Capital of Europe". Andrew's first trip through the Channel Tunnel.

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July/August 1997
Our first ever trip together. A 3½ week InterRail tour of Northern Central Europe.

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