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The Pirate of Portsmouth’s Tale
“Sometimes you don’t have to go very far to have an adventure….” I wasn’t really expecting anything of Portsmouth – it was just a place I had to come for work. So ’twas much to my surprise to discover a … Continue reading
The Spiritual Healer’s Tale
So, in swinging into the spirit of the occasion of The Dickens Festival, I stayed at The Gordon Hotel, right on the main drag of Rochester where the Dickens parade takes place on the Saturday morning. The evening before the parade, while dining … Continue reading
Shades of the pub that Mitre Bin a Chaucer Coaching Inn
The spirit world entered again into my next stop along the road, although in a more typically Western way with being told by Kyle, a South African bar manager, of two ghosts – going by the name of George and … Continue reading
Whither shall I wander?
Goosey goosey gander, Whither shall I wander? Upstairs and downstairs And in my lady’s chamber. There I met an old man Who wouldn’t say his prayers, So I took him by his left leg And threw him down the stairs. … Continue reading
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