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52 days since I last was on a real plane. 52 bloody days! I had thought that was comfortably the longest gap between trips in 2016, but actually there was a 53 day bad boy earlier in the year. I…

Basque Cask Ale Fail
Saturday had been a very full day thanks to arriving so early, but Sunday is our only bona fide full day here. Not only that, but our little guidebook says most things are shut on Mondays. Thus it was a…

She’s got a chicken to Ryde
Woke up early on Sunday. Like, 1.30am with the TV still on. Felt ropey. Turned all the lights off, and the TV, and got out of my clothes. Come 9am it was more respectable to be awake and so I…