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From The duPs Photo Album:

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Spring blossom
Beatrix Potter writes while on holiday in Dunkeld
Vats for maturity
The walls of the Red Fort, New Delhi, from which India's Independence was proclaimed in 1947
The sugar bird on pincusions - Caledon
Bridge across the mote, Ightham Mote
The path is narrow
Inviting you to the grotto -Rochers de Naye
If you want to know the time - look at the sundial
Half a dozen of them - Rietweg, Oberstammheim
The gatehouse in the Cornish village - St Michael's Mount
Canada's Horseshoe Falls between Goat Island and Table Rock
Crossing sticks, not swords
Ringgenberg Museum and the Sun at the start of the Planetenweg
Barred from entry!
Studio
Vygies - Caledon
Sunset reflections over Obersee, Arosa
Spring poppies
Prepare to go
United Kingdom

It was in 1967 that Margaret and Paul arrived in the United Kingdom for postgraduate medical studies and then Salvation Army officer training. The Swallows conveys some of the nostalgia felt for home.

 


But their ten years in the 80s gave opportunity for family holidays. The Change and A Family in Ireland are among the poems written. It was a family joke that there had to be a poem for the holiday to be declared a good one!

 


The return to London in 1999 provided opportunities to explore the cultural life of the city. After Les Miserables, On First Visiting the British Museum, The Ballerina record some of these. And National Trust membership has led to exploration of some of their properties. Chartwell and Climate Change refer to some of these visits.
# Article Title Date
1 Hayling Island Scarecrow August 2010
2 Acceleration July 2010
3 Croft Cottage Hospitality July 2010
4 Seven Seven July 2010
5 Lindisfarne Gospels June 2010
6 Last Post November 2009
7 Coverack August 2009
8 Gang Warfare August 2009
9 The Wilderness April 2009
10 Vaughan Williams Pilgrimage October 2008
11 Remember Tutankhamun August 2008
12 Maypole Weavers May 2008
13 Woodland Dreams February 2008
14 The First Emperor January 2008
15 Interruptions November 2007
16 The Powerhouse May 2007
17 Climate Change May 2007
18 Chartwell January 2007
19 Brockham Bonfire November 2006
20 Defences February 2006
21 The Ballerina December 2005
22 Quadrupled Thanks August 2005
23 Rogation-tide Blessings May 2005
24 Blue Print for the Future September 2002
25 The House on the Bridge July 2001
26 On First Visiting the British Museum Library January 2001
27 After Les Miserables January 2000
28 The Change August 1984
29 Swallows July 1968