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Canalside B and B, Braunston, Warwickshire. After the Adventure Overland show.
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Stayed at a canalside B&B last night after the Adventure Overland UK show last night. In Warwickshire.
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Beautiful old shipping barge on the canal.
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Old working craft still alive on the canals.
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Rope fenders.
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Canal barge mascot. We are posting photos of our UK trip on Flickr.com. Search for our Conserventures account.
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Breakfast on a barge cafe.
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Canal breakfast; swans mooching at the windows. Nasty buggers!
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Ah caramba! Pedro ale in the UK!
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On the way to Lindisfarne we stopped in the Yorkshire dales at a village pub. Local game pie (venison, rabbit, pheasant) with fresh veg and Strongbow cider. Life is good
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The access to Lindisfarne floods with the tides. Do not mis-judge
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Lindisfarne Castle. More photos uploading over the next 60 minutes. See Flickr.com/photos/conserventures
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Kitchen at Lindisfarne Castle.
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Early 20th c. painting and windvane monitor in Lindisfarne Castle.
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Lindisfarne Castle print: Angry Beavers!
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Late-season butterfly, Northumberland Coast.
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North Sea.
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Celtic carving from Lindisfarne, ca. 700.
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Awesome bronze representation of St. Cuthbert, by Fenwick Lawson.
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Priory sacked by the Vikings.
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Local food, Lindisfarne: fresh raspberries, ice cream from local dairy ( full cream = not for pansy eaters ), and local mead (honey liquor).
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Wonderful friends Roy and Jesse Morwood. They always make Scotland warm no matter the weather.
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Blackness Castle on the Firth. (for movie buffs: setting of Hamlet by Zeffirelli)
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