tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42462459153953080352024-03-13T01:48:01.921+00:00Glaciations of the WorldIt will never be the end of the line. Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-9151942401952248992014-06-09T10:48:00.001+01:002014-06-12T09:08:04.422+01:00Book Review :: The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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not read anything that can be called “chick lit”. It just isn’t to my interest.
It was, then, a surprise to read <i>The Silent Sister</i> by Diane
Chamberlain and discover that not only was it a mystery but “chick lit”.<br />
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Chamberlain’s prose is smooth and gripping and by the time I realised what was
happening, I was too engaged with the story to stop reading. The story flowed
seamlessly from start to finish without any glaring problems that kick you
abruptly out of the story. I found myself imagining the characters and the
houses and the multitude of scenes as clearly as though I were watching a
movie. This is always part of my reading experience but how clear my image is,
is directly influenced by the writing.<br />
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The characters are strong and believable. I feel Riley is the most developed
character but as the narrator, she would need to be. Danny was an enigma that I
always wanted to know more about and it is interesting to see in Chamberlain’s
note at the end, she thanks a friend(?) for her help in bringing Danny forward.
I found Jeannie and Christine to be exactly what you would expect from the
circumstances and I was left feeling I didn’t know enough about Lisa. I can’t
discuss Lisa here because of the dreaded spoiler but it will be interesting to
see what other readers make of her.<br />
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I’ve given this 3.5 stars because it doesn’t really sit well for me in the 3 or
4 star ratings I’ve given this year.<br />
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This is a great story if you’re on the beach or going on a flight of a few
hours. It does have a couple of moment where I felt it was a little over wrought,
with too much angst but for the most part, these passages can be overlooked.<br />
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I did think at the end that I wouldn’t go back and read any more by Chamberlain
because I didn’t want to tarnish this story, so it was another surprise to see
I’ve got three other titles marked as <i>to read</i>. This is the
power of books. You never know where they’ll take you, where you’ll be
delivered, or what they will open up for you.<br />
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Thank you Diane and NetGalley for the ARC copy.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-6509278161378308042014-06-03T14:48:00.000+01:002014-06-03T14:52:23.049+01:00Book Review :: Death Can't Take A Joke by Anya Lipska<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>4.5 out of 5 stars<br /><br />Death
can’t take a joke</i>, published by The Friday Project/Harper Collins, the
second novel by Anya Lipska, continues following two lead characters, Natalie
Kershaw – a tough “girl-policeman” and <span style="background: white; color: #181818;">Janusz Kiszka</span> – a Polish private eye; plus an assortment of
characters supporting the duo throughout. Detective Sergeant "Streaky" Bacon, Oskar, Ben and of course, the bad guys, are fantastic
creations and drive a highly realistic and accurate plot.<br />
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When Jim Fulford misses a pint in the pub with Kiszka, a chain of events is
begun that leads the reader around Walthamstow, Canary Wharf and into the world
of organised crime, illegal imports and prostitution.<br />
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Lipska writes believable characters, characters who leap off the page and would
not be out of place in London and the world. Kershaw is a strong female
character. She is more than happy to look after herself, she stands up for her
principles and has unwavering convictions and morals. Kershaw is a refreshing
character in literature and she is also unique. I can think of few other
examples, from my personal reading list, of who she could compare with.<br />
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Janusz Kiszka is similar. He is depicted as a gentleman. A man who seeks to
protect women from abusers, a man who cooks, a man who has the best interests
of his family and friends at heart but isn’t so passive he has lost his ability
to drink, carouse and get himself into the odd scrape.<br />
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I wish I could phrase my praise in a better way. All I can say is thank you
Anya and that I’m waiting with great anticipation for the next adventure with
two of my favourite literature mates.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-60667309125669102032014-05-18T12:44:00.000+01:002014-05-18T12:48:01.968+01:00Orleans January 2014<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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all the cathedrals of France, Saint Croix d’Orleans is one of the oldest still
standing. Foundations, dating back to the fourth century are visible in the
crypt and evidence of the Catholic tradition are obvious throughout the
building.<br />
The foundation stone was laid in 330 and owes its name to Saint Euverte, Bishop
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<br />Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-55138712540121108042014-05-18T11:35:00.000+01:002014-05-18T11:35:23.004+01:00The boy that never was by Karen Perry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2 out of 5 stars<br />
Read April 2014<br />
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Reviewed as an ARC from Goodreads - with thanks.<br />
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I <i>really</i> wanted this to be good and it sounded fantastic reading the blurb but sadly, I have been left disappointed.<br />
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The writing was easy. When I say easy, I mean a single syllable word was always used where something a little more challenging would have been appropriate.<br />
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The story is told in two character narrative. It doesn't work. Neither of the characters are sympathetic, both are needy, self obsessed pains in the backside. The back and forth between the characters was far to much like that other, overrated work, <i>Gone Girl</i>. There was always the hint of depth but it never quite eventuated.<br />
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The nefarious, or meant to be nefarious, Cozimo, seems to be a clone of Count Fosco from the <i>Woman in White</>. I am not so naive I cannot recognise where inspiration has struck but this is so blatant it is almost insulting and in many ways, a thumbing of the nose to say, look how clever we are. </i><br />
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This is definitely not the criminal thriller I was expecting. It is cheap, holiday, chick lit and I feel like I was conned in a way because the marketing and the cover do not suggest this.<br />
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I can see why a lot of people have enjoyed this and rated it highly but it just didn't charm me.Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-15853168879505374842014-01-02T19:05:00.002+00:002014-01-02T19:05:57.877+00:002013 Book Round Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;">
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Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-28866175578830632062013-06-30T16:23:00.000+01:002013-06-30T16:23:47.055+01:00Review :: A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17322923-a-lady-cyclist-s-guide-to-kashgar" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar" border="0" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1363785715m/17322923.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17322923-a-lady-cyclist-s-guide-to-kashgar">A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5318728.Suzanne_Joinson">Suzanne Joinson</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/584630991">3 of 5 stars</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Disclaimer : Copy received via Goodreads First Reads<br /><br /><em>It is 1923 and Evangeline English, keen lady cyclist, arrives with her sister Lizzie and their zealous leader Millicent at the ancient city of Kashgar to establish a mission. As they encounter resistance and calamity, Eva commences work on her book "A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar..."</em><br /><br />First problem, Evangeline doesn't own a bike, nor has she ridden one, until she embarks on the mission.<br />Second problem, Millicent isn't so much a zealot as an annoying, faux religious, maybe lesbian. The character is so under developed you barely notice her when she's not being nasty.<br />Third problem, Eva doesn't really write a book about cycling as she only rides the bike once and the rest of the time she pushes it, loaded up with items or its in the back of a cart.<br /><br /><em>In present-day London another story is beginning. Frieda, a young woman adrift in her own life, opens her frond door one night to find a man sleeping on the landing. In the morning is is gone, leaving on the wall an exquisite drawing of a long tailed bird and a line of Arabic script. As their worlds collide, the two wanderers begin an unlikely friendship and they embark on a journey that is great, and as unexpected as Eva's.</em><br />I did not get the impression, at any point that Frieda was "adrift". She had a life that was similar to many women I know. Work, boyfriend, travel etc. The bird and the Arabic do not maintain the importance given in the blurb and if what happens between them is "world's colliding", I guess I need to be very cautious in my own. As for "great journey", going to Surrey, Hastings and Victoria Station hardly qualify.<br /><br />This book had so much potential! What has happened is three completely separate, and truly interesting stories have been squashed together in 370 pages with no chance for any of them to show their true potential. The connections between the stories are all there but have been left distinctly under developed. Even a little historical context would have been better than nothing. It seems the author assumes readers will have the same level of knowledge of the period as she has.<br /><br />I have come away from this book frustrated at how much could have been done with this story. I wanted to feel more connected with the experiences of all the characters. Irene Guy's connection should have been made specific far sooner so that the reader, having worked it out early on, isn't left suspended and waiting. There are so many ways that this book could have been developed differently that would have resulted in a more fulfilling experience. <br /><br />This has left me hugely disappointed and it is disheartening to be left with yet another 3 star review from a book I was lucky enough to win.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-73337568783129633972013-06-18T15:06:00.000+01:002013-06-18T15:07:10.337+01:00Book Review : The Marlowe Papers by Ros Barber<br />
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My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/639926154">2 of 5 stars</a><br />
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What a bore. Yet another scholar trying to convince an audience, by bashing them around the head, that Shakespeare was a creation of Marlowe. Books on this "conspiracy" will now be filed with romance novels and chick lit, the "won't read even if prodded by a ten foot barge pole". Honestly, there are so many books out there, spend your time reading the good stuff.<br />
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<br />Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-39272240939954428682013-04-17T10:28:00.000+01:002013-04-17T10:28:47.280+01:00Book Review : A Treacherous Likeness by Lynn Shepherd<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5/5 Stars<br /><br /><i>A Treacherous
Likeness</i> tells the story of <span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">the long-dead poet Percy Bysshe Shelley</span>, his wife Mary, his first
wife, Harriet, his friendships, and his writing all while interwoven with
mystery, deceit and murder. For this reader, welcoming back a grown, more self-assured
Charles Maddox was a great pleasure and I must admit, I found him more realistic
and tangible, yes tangible this time.<br />
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Maddox is drawn into a scheme of blackmail at the instigation of Jane Shelley,
the wife of Percy Shelley, the only living child of Bysshe and Mary. What
develops from this meeting held my interest in its vice like grasp until the
very last page. Initially, I was a little uncertain about reading <i>A
Treacherous Likeness</i> as Shepherd is a twitter “friend”. What if I
didn’t like the book. What if I were only able to give a low star rating. What
if I gave and wrote a poor review and got a nasty email asking me whom I was to
criticise when my own work has yet to be published. Why were these even
considerations you ask? Because that is what happened with another twitter “friend”
whose book really was only worth the 1 star I gave it. I decided after 6 pages
none of these things mattered. The review was my own and I realised I am
entitled to read and like or dislike a book as I please.<br />
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<i>A Treacherous Likeness</i>, however, was impossible to not like.
I truly loved it. <br />
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What is obvious from the first paragraph is the relationship Shepherd has with her
characters. Reading the first few chapters it is abundantly clear she knows
them inside and out; even knows specifically what they look like.<br />
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It is also obvious that Shepherd has done her homework. The research that
comprises this book is amazing. All the elements were perfectly placed and I found
myself just reading the book for what was going to happen – there was no
concern that the information was incorrect or flawed or misleading. I realise,
though, there are other readers who have taken issue with Shepherd’s portrayal
of the Shelley family and the world they created for themselves and I can see
the crooked finger of accusation being levelled at me, because I am guilty of
wanting my history and my fiction to be pure. What one learns, over time, is
that history is never pure and the tarnish of the past will always appear on
the fiction.<br />
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I cannot speak highly enough of this book. As I tweeted Lynn “this book has
melted my brain.” Please read it. You won’t regret it and if you do, don’t tell
me cause I am still savouring the way this book made my imagination feel.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-32685524384006350412013-04-16T10:49:00.000+01:002013-04-16T10:49:42.895+01:00Book Review : The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook<br />
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through goodreads and Julia Murday at Penguin UK.<br /><br /><br />
3/5 Stars<br />
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Colonel Lewis Morgan is tasked with aiding the rebuilding of Hamburg. He takes
ups residence in a requisitioned house, refuses to evict the German tenants, an
architect and his daughter; and waits for the arrival of his wife, Rachel and
his son, Edmund.<br />
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Having never read Rhidian Brook’s work, I had nothing to compare it to, so I relied
on the praise of others who had read his work ahead of me. It is plainly
evident why Brook is so popular. His style is fluid and logical, allowing the
book to be simply readable. <br />
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This, however, is the downfall for me. <i>The Aftermath</i> is
simple. <br />
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I wanted so much more from this book and the possibilities and opportunities
were there. The characters, though believable, felt under developed. After 300
plus pages, I do not feel I knew any of them terribly well. I knew I was supposed
to like Lewis, Rachel, Edmund and Lubert. I knew whom I was supposed to
dislike. I knew who was supposed to be the antagonist but I never knew what the
characters were truly capable of. In the end, I did not really like any of
them.<br />
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Perhaps I am reading or wanting too much from this book; looking for something
that is not supposed to be a consideration. For me, this book only brushed the
surface of what it could have been. I would not have minded this book being
twice its actual size if I could have had more depth, more detail, and more
explanation. <br />
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It is difficult to write a logical and coherent review of this book as I am not
completely convinced of its character. For me, the book was good. It did not
open up a new world for me. It did not increase my interest in this period of
history. <br />
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I am left to wonder if Brook knows the potential greatness of this work. It feels,
for me, as though he has given his baby to the world prematurely. <br />
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Congratulations, also, should be given for <i>The Aftermath</i>
being optioned by Ridley Scott. However, given Scott’s body of work, I cannot
quite comprehend the outcome.<br />
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It has been a challenge to write even this short review. I feel I am working
with smoke and kittens; easily blown away and skittish about direction. In short,
I did enjoy this book, I just wish there had been more of it.</span><span style="font-family: Century, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-2718413486105280412013-04-10T12:09:00.000+01:002013-04-10T12:14:44.127+01:00Review :: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15704174-gone-girl" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Gone Girl" border="0" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1359624740m/15704174.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15704174-gone-girl">Gone Girl</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2383.Gillian_Flynn">Gillian Flynn</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/575859192">2 of 5 stars</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Looking at some of the reviews for <em>Gone Girl</em> by Gillian Flynn, I am left to wonder if I read the same book as my fellow bibliophiles. Multiple 5 star ratings appear on Goodreads and other internet sites. In the US, it was on the <em>New York Times</em> Bestseller list for eight weeks and was credited as being almost as big as <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em>. In its first year of publication, over two million copies were sold. Reese Witherspoon’s production company, in conjunction with 20th Century Fox, will be turning it into a movie. Each of these factors clearly indicates that people have liked, enjoyed or loved this book.<br /><br />The book, the story of Nick and Amy Dunne, portrays a marriage of one-up-man ship, where each character is desperate to be heard as the authority, where each character wants to have the final word. Within the first thirty pages, I learnt neither Nick nor Amy was going to be likeable and by the end, I hated both of them, wishing them all the joy in the world at being stuck, miserably together. Nick, the boy with a chip on his shoulder who grows into a man carrying a boulder and Amy, smug, narcissistic, and bitchy and most importantly, the most beautiful woman Nick has ever seen. Part of me believes this book only works because the characters are physically beautiful, therefore, able to capture the hearts and minds of Americans – the glossy, perfect couple at the pinnacle of what we, the lesser, average looking individuals, should aspire to. I cannot help but wonder if this book has done well because it is fake and over processed.<br /><br />Sarah Rainey from <em>The Telegraph</em> quotes the publishers, suggesting the popularity of the book stemming from its female noir concept rather than chick lit. In part, I agree with the publishers, however, I feel there is too much manipulation from Flynn; a pushing of the reader into seeing this as a fable of marriage and its disasters rather than as a quasi-faux-feminist tale about how all the bad things in Amy’s life serve as the justification for her actions. Many people experience horrible moments in their lives but do not react like Amy.<br /><br />Peter Craven for <em>The Age</em>, Australia, calls this book the thinking woman’s <em>Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</em> replacement. I am not sure where this comparison is drawn from because there is no comparison.<br /><br />The language of the book also managed to shock me. I am no prude when it comes to language; however, I was unimpressed. A majority of the swearing felt forced, as though the words did not convey the actual feeling of the character but were placed in the sentence to cover a gap. I wonder if perhaps this was a stylistic application for Flynn – an endeavour to push the reader further off balance and to create unease. This is specifically so in the case of Nick’s father, to whom we are barely introduced but are expected to believe from his ranting, is a misogynist. His appearances in the book see his constant muttering of “bitch”, which, in my reading, says more about his dementia than his opinion of women. <br /><br />Where Nick’s father is created as a bully, his mother is created as a saint. A tried and true pairing. While the reader only has Amy’s unreliable point of view for this information, it builds an unstable dichotomy for the relationship. Just as unstable and unhealthy is the relationship of Amy’s parents, the Elliot’s. Fawning over each other and touching obsessively. It leaves you with that sick feeling.<br /><br />Even the police work and forensic procedures in this book are flimsy. It raises the argument of how easily one could commit a crime and never face any consequences. This is perhaps the biggest annoyance for me. The complete lack of consequences for anyone in this book. No one takes responsibility for their actions, no one accepts their actions have been negative and harmful to the multiple other players and the ‘let’s just make each other miserable’ outcome succeeds in reaching out from the page and ensnaring the reader. It made me feel miserable. It made me feel that each one of us should strive to have healthy relationships with those around us. Life is not meant for being miserable, wishing and waiting for the end. Playing tricks.<br /><br />Ultimately, I feel as though I have been tricked into reading this book, even though I made the conscious decision to buy and read it. In all honesty, I do not know to what kind of market I would recommend this book. Certainly not my parents, certainly not my work colleagues, certainly not the majority of my friends. This is a book individual readers need to come to independently of the hype. <br /><br />Sarah Rainey <br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9956996/Gone-Girl-the-female-noir-that-puts-Fifty-Shades-of-Grey-in-the-shade.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/bo...</a><br /><br />Peter Craven <br /><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/gone-girl-20130110-2ci4c.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.theage.com.au/entertainmen...</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> After arriving back in London, I went from King's Cross to Baker St to meet my cousin brother. We then boarded a bus for Stansted airport and made our way towards Stockholm. When we arrived in Sweden, and exited the terminal, the first thing that happened was we both started coughing. An 80 minute bus journey later we arrived at Central Station in Stockholm. We had a map for the hotel we were staying at but given it was the wee hours of the early am, we jumped in a cab and did it the easy way. The next morning we woke up to this kind of temperature.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We went and collected our Uncle and took him to the motel so he could drop his bag off. Then, rugging up, we ventured out again. </span><br />
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<br />Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-73497943367466020122013-02-03T16:26:00.001+00:002013-02-03T16:26:49.897+00:00In Paris<br />
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Having been to Paris once before, I don't have that many new photo's to share.<br />
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We left London on Eurostar on Monday morning and 2 hours later, arrived in virtually the heart of Paris.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All lit up. The timing was perfect as moments after I took this picture the lights went out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As we reached the Moulin Rouge the police started to cordon the area off. We never discovered if it was for a guest arrival or a bomb scare.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angie at the Lourve</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Surprisingly, when we reached the room where the Mona Lisa hangs, we found it virtually empty; at least by comparison to the first time I saw her. I managed, on this viewing, to get a better image of her.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Preparing a room for a new installation. It was interesting to watch a team unpack and organise the items.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selfie in front of a boy riding a dolphin heading into Napoleon's apartments.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taken while standing directly underneath one of the many, many, many chandeliers.</td></tr>
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<br />Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-88488325844188769512013-01-05T12:36:00.002+00:002013-01-05T12:36:18.903+00:00One year. Forty Books. Looking back on 2012<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The above image of books is in no particular order. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favourite books off this list are <i>Gillespie and I</i> by Jane Harris, <i>The Long Earth</i> by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter <i>Night Waking</i> by Sarah Moss <i>Jane Eyre</i> by Charlotte Bronte <i>Sea of Poppies</i> by Amitav Ghosh and <i>The elegance of the hedgehog</i> by Muriel Barbery</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Notable mentions for <i>Freezing</i> by Clea Koff, <i>The dinosaur feather</i> Sissel-Jo Gazan, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The Somnambulist</i> by Essie Fox and <i>The Paris Wife</i> Paula McLain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Biggest disappointments are <i>The Greatcoat</i> by Helen Dunmore, <i>The suspicions of Mr Whicher</i> by Kate Summerscale <i>Alter of Bones</i> by Philip Carter and <i>77 Shadow Street</i> by Dean Koontz. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The only book I regret reading and could not recommend to anyone is <i>Vlad: The last confession</i> by C.C. Humphreys.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The Chatsworth Hotel. Our hotel was very Agatha Christie meets Fawlty Tours. It was a lovely room though. Sea views and all. The front floor level, behind the blue car, are plastic chairs, all in a row. It kind of reminded me of a nursing home.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The pier. All burnt down. My bosses husband was offered it in a sale for £1. ©GlaciationsoftheWorld</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Potsdamer Platz was the opposite end of the street but is the next stop up from the one visible from the room. Taken on film. The images from my film camera are all a bit 1970s Polaroid in look because when the film was processed the company ruined the film. I may blog post some of the later shots where they're even worse than this. ©GlaciationsoftheWorld</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The house itself. ©GlaciationsoftheWorld</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">People bring potatoes, instead of flowers, to Fredrick's grave because he brought them back to the country. ©GlaciationsoftheWorld</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Monument near Fredrick's grave. Taken on Film. ©GlaciationsoftheWorld</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Sanssouci Palace from the bottom of the garden. ©GlaciationsoftheWorld</span></td></tr>
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<br />Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-17291231643620574832012-09-01T16:01:00.001+01:002012-09-01T16:01:15.140+01:00Review: "The Long Earth" Pratchett and Baxter<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13147230-the-long-earth" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="The Long Earth" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1335532694m/13147230.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13147230-the-long-earth">The Long Earth</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1654.Terry_Pratchett">Terry Pratchett</a><br />
My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/372188435">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
I never give 5 star reviews. You can check if you want.<br /><br />Why did I give this book 5? Because I was suckered in, hook, line and sinker. I could visualize what was being described, I could see the characters. I wanted a stepper. I wanted to believe in the possibility of moving to another place with no people.<br /><br />Some of the reviews, read in the last few minutes, over think the entirety of the novel. One review rights that there is no climax. I have to disagree. The ending is left wide open for further exploration and let's you write your own answers to the scenario.<br /><br />I think people are raised, influenced, now, to be hyper critical of everything around them. This isn't always a bad thing but sometimes, something just is what it is. No ulterior motive, no deliberate back hands.<br /><br />For those who like sci fi for its most true conceptions will love this book. Just read the book. It will give you as much as you are willing to take. And if, in the end, you don't like it, it doesn't matter. That's the way of Datum Earth.<br />
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Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-47405002776066722912012-08-14T12:50:00.000+01:002012-08-14T12:51:18.800+01:00It dominates the skyline...<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">27-6-12</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Great Hall. Built for King James IV as a majestic setting for ceremonial occasions. Converted in 1650 into a soldier's barracks by Oliver Cromwell. Restored in 1887 and used today for State and Royal functions. Only the great roof is medieval</i>. © Glaciations of the World</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The view out over Edinburgh from outside the Chapel. © Glaciations of the World</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once finished at the Castle, we went in search of lunch and on the recommendation of a friend, we went to the Elephant House. Famous now, as the cafe where J.K. Rowling wrote, or started, Harry Potter. Every space is covered with elephants of some kind, shape and size. I loved it.</span><br />
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<br />Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-40317856224734524282012-08-13T21:54:00.002+01:002012-08-13T22:00:37.635+01:00It's different in Scotland<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">26-6-12</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our plan this morning had been to go to the Palace of Holyrood but when we arrived it was closed up for the pending arrival of the Queen. She wasn't arriving for another three days but they had to air the Palace out so it didn't smell like commoners (theory only). Such a disappointment! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We ended up bringing our meet with Twitter friend Camilla forward. We went through security at the Scottish Parliament and wandered into the cafe to search her out. It was to great to meet and have a real face for the name. I think we talked and gossiped for about two hours but we had to leave Camilla to get on with some work after that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After coffee, Angie and I got the bus around to National Museum of Scotland.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I really enjoyed just wandering around looking at "stuff".</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am almost positive my Grandparents had something similar to this in their house.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By the time we left the museum the weather was starting to get heavy. Angie and I stopped to get some food and when we got back out on the street it was even heavier. We followed one street along, which ended up taking us down to the university and graduations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To get warm after being caught in the rain we stopped at the Black Medicine Coffee Co. and got a peppermint hot chocolate. It was the best hot chocolate I've ever had!</span><br />
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<br />Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-30314571067992065912012-07-17T17:51:00.000+01:002012-07-17T17:53:32.960+01:00Book Review: "Gillespie and I" by Jane Harris<br />
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12933042-gillespie-and-i" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Gillespie and I" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328031882m/12933042.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12933042-gillespie-and-i">Gillespie and I</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2967123.Jane_Harris">Jane Harris</a><br />
My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/370644745">4 of 5 stars</a><br />
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I devoured this book. It has been a <em>very</em> long time since I deliberately woke up early to read more and wasn't, then, racing to finish the last few pages to get onto the next book. If anything, I was wishing for the book to suddenly develop extra chapters. The only other times I wished for this in recent memory was for A.S Byatt's <i>The Children's Book</i> and <i>The Somnambulist</i> by Essie Fox.<br />
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I didn't find any of the characters particularly endearing and that just made it all the better. I can say that all were interesting and surprising in their own way though. What made the book so clear for me is having been to Edinburgh recently, and having an image in my head of where it was taking place.<br />
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I would really love to write about the various elements and happenings in this book but I can't without completely ruining it for everyone else. In short, I am going to highly recommend it to my family and friends so that I can talk to someone about how fantastically marvelous it is.<br />
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Thanks for a brilliant book Jane. What's next?<br />
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<br /></div>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-89603204538947196452012-07-17T17:28:00.002+01:002012-07-17T17:28:23.538+01:00Take the road less traveled, take the long way round<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">26-6-12</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The room we stayed in backed onto the service area and courtyard of other hotels. It was quite noisy at different times through the night but as soon as it hit 7am the staff were bringing out the trolleys for washing and started emptying bottles from the previous night. It took them about an hour to finish so I didn't need to have set the alarm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Once we were organised we headed around the corner and got breakfast from Greggs. I was shocked at how rude the two women in the shop were. Neither of us was rude to them but they certainly had a chip on their shoulders. I know Greggs isn't going to be too many peoples dream job but its not an excuse to be nasty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From looking at the map last night, I knew we had to go down to the corner and turn left. This would put us in the right street street to head down towards Arthur's Seat. What I hadn't learnt from the map was that the street we were on was a bridge over the top of the street we wanted. It wasn't hard to reach the right street though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After walking for about 10-15 minutes we came to one of the footpaths that take you around the park. Arthur's Seat is one section of Holyrood Park. Also known as Queen or King's Park, depending on the monarch. It is rather intimidating to look up. It gave me a feeling of reverse vertigo. We ended up on the Queen's Road and passed underneath the Salisbury Crags. The Crags are 46m cliffs in the middle of the park. The cliffs are made of dolerite and columnar basalt and is popular with rock climbers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The going was fairly slow even though it wasn't overly steep in the initial stage. Neither of us were as fit as we thought though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The walk and the surroundings were really green and the further we went the more you could see. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The view out over the North Sea was a little hazy, as was the view back over the city but the grey didn't detract.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Today was the first day I got to really try out my new toy - a Pentax film SLR. The film in it is out of date so I'm backing everything up with the digital or the phone. I look like a complete tourist. It's exciting to work with something where you don't get instant gratification of a shot. I've taken a couple of shots of the scenery and birds so hopefully they'll come out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Walking around the road you feel really small - you look up and down and its crazy the feelings. It also seems a really popular place for walkers and runners. We passed mums with strollers, "professional" walkers with their poles and old couples making a good pace. There were a lot of cars and taxis also doing the loop but this is cheating. There is no way you can see everything from behind that little square of glass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At about the half way mark, or just past it, is Dunsapie Loch. Near the carpark here is an Iron Age Fort from about 2000 years ago. The loch is man made and was the idea of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In all, the walk took us about two hours and I found out later it is roughly about 7 miles the way we went.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As we came back towards the palace, we were both starting to feel it. We stopped at the Palace cafe for a cuppa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We were trying to work out what to do next so we started walking up the Royal Mile towards the castle. It was a little bit blustery but not to bad. We decided to head towards Greyfriars Kirk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Before we got to the Kirk we stopped at the Museum of Scotland to have a look. Angie, quite rightly called it a Tardis museum, as every time you turned around it felt like another room was appearing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One of the famous inhabitants and stories of Greyfriars Kirk is of Greyfriars Bobby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He was a Skye Terrier, who, when his master died, waited at the grave site until he himself died. He spent 14 years doing this. The locals would feed him and look after him. There is some contention as to whether this story is true, or if it was a publicity stunt. Jan Bondeson from Cardiff University alleges it was two different dogs, trained to stay in the graveyard. Bondelson has found documentation alleging the tourist trade increased 100 fold. Bondeson also points towards the images of Bobby - pointing out that one is clearly a scruffy stray and in the second, a more spirited, younger terrier that is now the dominant image.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The romantic in me wants to believe the original story but the more skeptical, analytic side of me believes the revised idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Greyfriars Kirk is also one of the most haunted graveyards in, I think, the UK. Burials have been taking place on the site, next to George Heriot's School, since the 16th century. It takes its name from a Franciscan friary on the site, dissolved in 1559.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;">There wasn't enough sun to cause this lense flare in the location of this headstone.</span><div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The area of the Kirk I would have liked to have seen more of is the locked of space called the Covenanters Prison. It is a section of tombs with a nasty history. The Covenanters were a Scottish Presbyterian movement. The prison held, at one point, about 1200 men. "For over four months these men were held without any shelter, each man being allowed 4 ounces of bread a day".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As for the Kirk being haunted, I couldn't say one way or the other, but it didn't feel as creepy as Cannongate.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-47711055754027031942012-07-08T17:41:00.004+01:002012-07-08T17:46:52.756+01:00A little further north<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">June 24 2012</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When the alarms went off this morning, both Angie and I, didn't seem to have much trouble getting out of our beds. Both of us had been getting excited about our trip. We left the flat at 0830 as arranged and managed to make it around to the Met line without getting wet, even though the morning was quite grey and heavy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After the speed we walked at we arrived at the station in time for an earlier train. Knowing from previous experience how notoriously bad and unreliable the Met line can be, we figured that running early would be a good thing. Being Sunday morning there weren't to many souls on board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We arrived at Kings Cross about an hour before our train was due to leave. We found an unobtrusive place to stand, in the entry hall. I collected the tickets and we started watching the departure boards for our platform. I always find it interesting to watch other travelers at train stations or airports or terminals. Some are laid back with minimal luggage - my guess is experience or a short trip - while others look haggard and completely out of their depth. its usually this second group who are perhaps inexperienced because they have multiple large suitcases, which they cannot control and as a result spend a majority of their time hindering the movement of themselves and those around them. If you come across this phenomenon in the wrong mood, they can literally drive you crazy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After a half hour of watching the boards, and the overly excited teens (and adults) having their photos taken at Platform 9<span style="background-color: white;">¾, our platform was announced. We had, of course, been standing the far opposite of it. When we had passed the turnstiles and reached the train, we were surprised at how long it was. I'm used to the three or four carriages that make the run past the junction.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hauling our small cases on board we checked the tickets against our seat numbers. With a shock we found that the seats I had booked online didn't match the seats we were looking at. Our eats now, were at a table, in front of the toilet. The complete opposite to what I had booked. At least we were forward facing and the loud obnoxious family who were originally going to be sitting near us, went off to First Class. We ended up having the seats to ourselves to it wasn't an entirely bad start.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At 1050 the train rolled out and for the next four hours I listened to my iPod.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Once outside London it was amazing how much the landscape changed. I know I've said it before. The way the cloud shapes changed, fine and light in one moment, heavy and low the next. A few times the clouds looked heavy with rain but we only had the one, short, shower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our train pulled into Edinburgh around 1600. We were very glad to de-board and get moving again. Also to get away from a lounging young bloke who turned out to be a complete tosser.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The number of times I have come out of a train station and turned left in a new place, only to find it's the wrong way, went up by one here. The Visitor Centre very kindly gave us a map, turned us in the right direction and off we set.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Coming out onto the street we were met by roadworks. Edinburgh is restoring its tram network. Heading back the way we had come, we walked across the North Bridge, turned left onto the Royal Mile and then second on the right, Blackfriars Street, we arrived at our hostel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First impressions. One of surprised relief. The second impression. One of a pervading scent of wee. I had been hopeful it would just be down in reception but it wasn't. Up in the room the same smell was being poorly covered by equally unpleasant "air-fresheners".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The room was tiny and the double bed was a foam mattress on a plank of wood, right in the nook of the wall. I don't think it was even a double bed. My suspicion is they made it to fit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We dropped our stuff off in the room and headed out to do a reccie of the area so that we knew what and where we wanted to go over the next couple of days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Having seen Arthur's Seat on the way into Edinburgh we decided to head that way and towards Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Parliament. One of the first shops we came across was a Christmas shop. It looked to be doing good business. The next one we noticed was a little creepy and morbid. On the sign hanging over the door was a picture of Princess Diana and the shop stocked her memorial tartan. It's not that nice either.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A little further down the road we came to Cannongate Kirk. Kirk is the Scottish name for church (I believe). The official website states, until 1856, Cannongate was independent of Edinburgh. By 1970, the lower part of the Royal Mile had become unfashionable and run down. the church itself was founded in 1688 and completed in 1691.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Reaching the end of the Royal Mile we reached the new Parliament and the Palace. From this spot we could see how huge the area of Arthur's Seat is. Given how late in the day it was a lot of stuff was closed or closing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Another cemetery down that end of the Mile, Calton sparked our interest but we couldn't find an open entrance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finding somewhere reasonably priced for dinner, that wasn't a chain, was challenging. Some of the places looked nice but were just incredibly busy. We ended up at a cheap chippy for pizza and chips. It was here I saw my first ever, deep fried Mars Bar but I wasn't game enough to try it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We headed back to the room around 2100 and read until we fell asleep.</span>Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14518713325206622579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246245915395308035.post-20648749121451190252012-07-01T14:23:00.000+01:002012-07-01T14:23:05.436+01:00Shipley and Saltaire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Saltaire, the area I headed into next, takes its name from its founder, Titus Salt and the River Aire, which runs through the village. Salt moved his business and employees from the overcrowded and polluted city of Bradford in an attempt to look after them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"The housing provided was of the highest quality. Each had a water supply, gas lighting, an outdoor privy, separate living room and cooking spaces and several bedrooms. This compared favourably with the typical workers cottage.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Salt was also one of the greatest Victorian philanthropists. He donated liberally to good causes locally and nationally. Almshouses were provided rent-free for the elderly and sick in Saltaire. They came with a pension, forty years before the first state pension in the United Kingdom.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">By the 1980s the British textile industry was in steep decline...Salts Mill was finally closed in 1986. To the rescue came another brilliant entrepreneur, Jonathan Silver, who bought the Mill and within months opened a gallery exhibiting the work of Bradford-born artist David Hockney...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Saltaire was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. It was recognised for its international influence on town planning and as one of the earliest, largest and best preserved nineteenth century 'model villages' anywhere in the world." (Discover Saltaire: UNESCO World Heritage Site: www.visitsaltaire.com).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Sir Titus Salt died on 29 December 1876, aged 73. The family were not to be allowed a quiet ceremony, however, and the event organised by the Corporation on 5 January 1877, was perhaps the greatest civic event of Victorian Bradford. The hearse proceeded from Crows Nest to the Town Hall. From here a huge procession went forward to Lister Park, headed by the Police, the West Yorkshire Rifle and Artillery Volunteers and representatives from local institutions, followed by merchants, manufacturers and shopkeepers. It is estimated that between 100,000 and 120,000 lined the route. In Saltaire the mill was closed, the streets draped in black and thronged with employees. Senior employees stood on the avenue to the church, to witness the final journey. Sir Titus salt was buried in the mausoleum and so great was the demand to pay respects, that special trains from Bradford were provided" (Saltaire Trail - as above).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">You know that moment where you realise you have too much time on your hands? I'm there.</span><br />
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The number one song on my birthday. I also have a suspicion I danced to this when I was many years younger.<br />
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This was the number one somewhere when my Dad was born.<br />
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For my Mum; (I hate to say it, but this song really is shit, so how it got to number one, I don't know)<br />
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For my Sister;<br />
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For my Brother in Law;<br />
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and my Niece,<br />
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And even though its Sesame Street, this is cute and kids should know this song.<br />
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I love Elmo!<br />
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For Sarah. Remember that New Year's party where we were so drunk we got footage of you doing this dance?<br />
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I like to move it move it<br />
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Remember how we all thought these were an ugly brother, his ugly sister and a non-gender specific little person;<br />
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I think I liked the melting Barbies best;<br />
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Wannabe;<br />
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