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Category: History

A Visit to Seacliff Lunatic Asylum

A Visit to Seacliff Lunatic Asylum

amandaMarch 30, 2017September 13, 201842 Comments
Continuing my adventures with KL of KL’s Self Discovery, we stopped in on our way back from Moeraki to the...
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Chain Hills Tunnel Open Day

Chain Hills Tunnel Open Day

amandaMarch 13, 2017March 14, 20177 Comments
Today we had a very special opportunity, a chance to walk through the usually-closed abandoned Chain Hills Tunnel which runs...
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Hokonui Hills, Ho!

Hokonui Hills, Ho!

amandaFebruary 23, 2017February 23, 20175 Comments
Today Dad chose a walk we’d last done in April 2016, a walk up to East Peak in Southland’s Hokonui...
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A Tale of Two Henges, Part Two: Avebury

A Tale of Two Henges, Part Two: Avebury

amandaFebruary 15, 20171 Comment
I had arrived in the county of Wiltshire and secured lodgings at the Stonehenge B&B, after which I had my...
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A Tale of Two Henges, Part One: Stonehenge

A Tale of Two Henges, Part One: Stonehenge

amandaJanuary 22, 2017January 22, 20173 Comments
I was growing lonely for home, but one thing I felt I absolutely had to do before I left the...
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Chasing Nunns From Fornham to Fornham

Chasing Nunns From Fornham to Fornham

amandaJanuary 9, 2017January 8, 20171 Comment
In my previous instalment, I visited Fornham All Saints, and the home church of my 19th-century ancestors George Nunn and...
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An Authentic English Autumn on the Hythe Military Canal

An Authentic English Autumn on the Hythe Military Canal

amandaDecember 29, 2016December 30, 20163 Comments
As I continued on my great English road trip, I settled on a new goal. Autumn had come, turning the...
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Finding Nunns in Fornham All Saints

Finding Nunns in Fornham All Saints

amandaDecember 10, 2016December 11, 20167 Comments
Since I was visiting an old family friend near Cambridge I decided to take the opportunity to veer to the...
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A Castle in Chilham to A Cathedral in Canterbury

A Castle in Chilham to A Cathedral in Canterbury

amandaNovember 30, 2016November 30, 20162 Comments
Having taken some time to recover from my unfortunate experience walking from Wye to Folkestone, I finally felt myself ready...
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On Foot To Folkestone

On Foot To Folkestone

amandaNovember 16, 20162 Comments
I’d done the two English sections of the Via Francigena, an ancient pilgrimage route that runs from Canterbury to Rome....
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