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Enjoy Your 'Jubli-cation' in the UK

April 16 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #20.12%, #ABTA, #England, #Ireland, #Queen's Diamond Jubilee, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Scotland, #Staycation, #Staycation - UK, #travel, #Travel Survey, #travel tips, #UK, #UK accommodation, #UK holidays, #UK vacation, #Wales

With many bank holidays coming our way this Summer, I have been thinking about how to put this extra time to good use, especially the weekend of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. And it seems I am not alone, as according to an independent survey carried out...

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Video: The Creation of a Book

April 10 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #adverblog, #birth of a book, #books, #Excess Baggage (Misc), #Glen Milner of The Telegraph, #video

I have embraced audio and eBooks only because the airlines have continued to reduce the weight of both carry-on and stored luggage. Gone are the days when I would spend as much time, if not more, carefully planning my travel reading library as planning...

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10 Ways to be Positively Creative

April 8 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Awake Creative, #creativity, #Excess Baggage (Misc), #Fran Sorin, #mental health, #Positive creativity, #positive thinking

After months of job application rejection letters, along with a smiliar number of rejections from editors, re my travel writing, it's no surprise I am not in the frame of mind to be cheerful or thankful. I am in no doubt that my dark mood affects the...

Travel Teaser - Where Am I?

April 5 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Excess Baggage (Misc), #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel quiz, #travel teaser, #Travel trivia, #travelling, #where am I?

Where am I? My first is in Ireland but never in Wales My second's in engine but never in sails My third is in Denmark but never in Greece My fourth is in Paris and also in Nice My fifth is in transport and also in fast My whole is a nation that has a...

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Micropost - "My Worst Shot."

April 3 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #bad photos, #bad travel photos, #My Worst Shot, #photography, #Snap Away (travel photography), #travel photos

If only my bad photos looked as good as these self-confessed bad photos. Check out these "My worst shot," taken by professional photographers featured in The Guardian last week http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/mar/28/photography-worst-shot...