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2025.10 UK & More – Castlerigg Stone Circle & Lake District

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2025.10 UK & More – Castlerigg Stone Circle & Lake District

After packing up and checking out of our hotel in Penrith we headed west into the Lake District.  When driving west from Penrith there is an old stone circle just as you enter Keswick (KESS-ic, this time the W and second K are just there for show, not pronunciation).  Although I thought we were traveling during a quiet period, somehow this day was the start or continuation of school holidays.  Instead of quiet towns to stop in at, they were overflowing with visitors.  Parking was at a premium, so we enjoyed the scenery and skipped visiting the towns as we headed south through the district.

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2025.10 UK & More – Hilton Garden Inn Silverstone

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2025.10 UK & More – Hilton Garden Inn Silverstone

We needed a place to stay near her relatives after the wedding.  Most of them live in and around Milton Keynes.  Know what is relatively close to Milton Keynes?  The Silverstone racetrack!  And guess what’s on the grounds?  Yup.  A hotel.

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2025.10 UK & More – Flight to London

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2025.10 UK & More – Flight to London

She unilaterally declared after our 2023 trip to Europe “No more flying in economy for an overnight flight.”  Uh oh.  How can I meet this rule and get us to the UK for two weeks?  Find the only daytime transatlantic flight from Canada, of course!

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2024.11 Disney, Universal, US Thanksgiving in Florida

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2024.11 Disney, Universal, US Thanksgiving in Florida

We had the chance to spend a week in Florida around the US Thanksgiving holiday.  Not only did this give us a chance to visit theme parks, but to visit them with Christmas decorations!  But first to kick off the week, we need to fly there and get to our accommodations for the week.

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