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Longer Breaks

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Hornby 2020

06/09/2020 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Canada, Living in Canada, quarantine, summer2020

Hornby Island is a special place to our dear friends Emily and Tyler. They got married there 4 years ago

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Hiking & Adventure Longer Breaks 

Estrella Regional Park

10/02/2020 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Arizona, hiking, USA

I haven’t posted in a while; a combination of a loss of motivation and a gruesome hamstring injury which meant

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Longer Breaks 

Char & Dave tie the knot – Kalamalka Lake (August 2019)

30/08/201903/09/2019 DaleEdginton Canada, canada2019, livingincanada, summer2019, wedding

So after Dave proposed over 12 months ago the time for the big wedding was upon us. The entire extended

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Longer Breaks 

Isla Holbox

05/03/201905/03/2019 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Mexico

Isla Holbox For me Isla Holbox is paradise and is everything that Tulum is not. For my English friends; Tulum

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Longer Breaks 

Coba & Valladolid

05/03/2019 DaleEdginton 0 Comment coba, Mexico

Prior to the trip (and prior to Sam’s accident) I had been given one day to indulge my geekiness and

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Bucket Lists Longer Breaks 

Tulum – Heaven or Hell?

04/03/201905/03/2019 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Mexico, Tulum

Tulum is a place; which through the filters of Instagram and social media; shines! It shines bright and colourful with

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Longer Breaks 

Christmas 2018 – Back in the UK

10/01/201910/01/2019 DaleEdginton 0 Comment England, UK

Being away from home and my family at Christmas time is difficult but thankfully I was able to head back

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Lads on Tour Longer Breaks 

Emily’s Champagne Birthday – Hornby Island

08/09/201809/09/2018 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Camping, Canada, hornby, livingincanada

On the 30th August 2018 (exactly a year since I arrived in Canada) Emily turned the rip old age of

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Bucket Lists Hiking & Adventure Longer Breaks 

Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park

15/08/201823/08/2018 DaleEdginton 0 Comment assiniboine, Camping, Canada, hiking, livingincanada

4 guys, 4 days 60lb bags, 90km, 140,000steps, 2.6km ascents… one mountain. When I agreed to move to Canada with

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Couple Breaks Longer Breaks 

Lauderdale-by-the-Sea

12/05/201818/11/2018 DaleEdginton 0 Comment livingincanada, USA

On the way down from Orlando to Miami we stopped for lunch at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. After dinner at Aruba Beach Café

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Longer Breaks 

Celebration – The Town That Disney Built

08/05/201808/05/2018 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Florida, USA

This is the first of a set of blog posts on my 10 days trip to Florida in May 2018.

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Hiking & Adventure Longer Breaks 

Arizona – Basking in Buckeye

30/04/2018 DaleEdginton 1 Comment America, Arizona, Buckeye, hiking, Phoenix, Sedona, USA

Sam’s parents (Tim and Carol) recently bought a house in Buckeye, Arizona. Located about 30 minutes west of Phoenix they

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Longer Breaks Uncategorized Work Breaks Work Trips 

Work Tripping to Grand Rapids, Michigan

20/09/2017 DaleEdginton 0 Comment America, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Mid-West, USA

Last week I visited the stereotypical mid-west town of Grand Rapids! Smack bang in the middle of Chicago and Detroit

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Couple Breaks FEATURED Longer Breaks 

Touring Tuscany

25/07/201725/07/2017 DaleEdginton 0 Comment florence, italia, Italy, pisa, toscana, tuscany

After 4 action packed days and nights in and around Positano and the Amalfi Coast it was time for the

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Couple Breaks Longer Breaks 

Cinque Terre & Milano

24/07/201724/08/2018 DaleEdginton 0 Comment Italy

The one issue with having a blog/website for your travel memories is when you go on a big big trip

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FEATURED Hiking & Adventure Longer Breaks 

The Path of the Gods

27/06/201727/06/2017 DaleEdginton 0 Comment amalfi coast, bomerano, hiking, Italy, nocelle, path of the gods, positano

The ‘Il Sentiero Degli Dei’, commonly known as The Path of the Gods is a footpath which spreads between Bomerano

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Couple Breaks FEATURED Longer Breaks 

Exploring Positano & The Amalfi Coast 2017

22/06/201727/06/2017 DaleEdginton 3 Comments amalfi, amalficoast, blog, blogger, furore, holiday, instagram, italia, Italy, montepertuso, photography, positano, travel, travelblogger, travelphotography, wanderlust

The Amalfi Coast has been the playground of the rich and famous for over 2000 years; from the likes of

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Couple Breaks Hiking & Adventure Longer Breaks 

Pamukkale

21/09/201523/06/2017 amancunianabroad 0 Comment Bodrum, Cleopatra Pool, Europe, Hierapolis, Pamukkale, Turkey

Pamukkale (which means Cotton Castle in Turkish) and the neighbouring ancient city of Hierapolis are World Heritage sites located in the

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Couple Breaks Longer Breaks 

Ephesus

20/09/201519/01/2017 amancunianabroad 0 Comment Bodrum, Ephesus, Europe, Turkey

I have loved Classical Greek (and Roman) History since watching Hercules as a kid and then Mr. Sharples Classical Studies

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Couple Breaks Longer Breaks 

Bodrum

19/09/201519/01/2017 amancunianabroad 0 Comment Bodrum, Europe, Turkey

Sam moved to the UK in early September 2015. As we hadn’t seen each other since I left Vancouver in

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Couple Breaks Hiking & Adventure Longer Breaks 

Whistler & the Stawamus Chief

28/03/201514/01/2017 amancunianabroad 1 Comment beautifulbc, British Columbia, Canada, hiking, North America, skiing, stawamus chief, whistler

#BeautifulBC is one of the most hashtagged references to Vancouver and British Columbia so I was keen to see what

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Hiking & Adventure Longer Breaks 

My First Trip to Vancouver

21/03/201521/07/2017 amancunianabroad 1 Comment Canada, Canucks, Capilano Suspension Bridge, North America, Urban Grind, Vancouver

March 2015 was my first trip to Vancouver in what Sam dubbed a Staycation (for her anyways) and it gave

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Hiking & Adventure Longer Breaks 

Ha Long Bay

16/10/201423/06/2017 amancunianabroad 0 Comment Asia, Castaway Tour, Cat Ba National Park, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

The trip I took to Ha Long Bay in October 2014 may turn out to be the single most important tour

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Longer Breaks 

Hanoi

14/10/201423/06/2017 amancunianabroad 0 Comment Asia, Hanoi, Vietnam

Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and its second largest city (behind Ho Chi Minh City). We spent a total

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Lads on Tour Longer Breaks 

Singapore

13/10/201413/01/2017 amancunianabroad 0 Comment Asia, Singapore

In October 2014 I traveled over to SE Asia to meet up with an old friend from school Louie (pictured

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Longer Breaks 

The Geneva Rap Convention

22/08/201314/01/2017 amancunianabroad 0 Comment Europe, Geneva, Switzerland

One of my best friends, Callum was lucky enough to go to LIPA (Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts) and meet

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Lads on Tour Longer Breaks 

Koh Phi Phi

01/04/201314/01/2017 amancunianabroad 0 Comment Asia, Thailand

I visited Thailand in March/April 2013 with 5 friends (although we met others along the way). Below is an account

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Lads on Tour Longer Breaks 

Koh Pha Ngan – Full Moon Party!!

27/03/201314/01/2017 amancunianabroad 0 Comment Asia, Thailand

I visited Thailand in March/April 2013 with 5 friends (although we met others along the way). Below is an account

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Lads on Tour Longer Breaks 

Koh Tao & Nang Yuan Island

24/03/201314/01/2017 amancunianabroad 0 Comment Asia, Thailand

I visited Thailand in March/April 2013 with 5 friends (although we met others along the way). Below is an account

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My Name is Dale, I am a 30-something from Manchester living in Vancouver. I decided to write this blog as a way to keep track on all my trips over the years and to give my thoughts on things I enjoyed (and those I didn’t).

I hope the blog inspires you to follow your own dreams and travel plans.

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