tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91578541759074475212024-03-13T16:23:31.121+01:00THE JOHNSON DIARIES: Life on the EdgeLolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968497741386697440noreply@blogger.comBlogger402125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157854175907447521.post-76598298738286419932014-10-13T09:42:00.000+02:002019-04-15T14:01:33.008+02:00BACKGROUND, INSPIRATION & LOCATIONS ...<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Those readers who have downloaded <b><i>Betrayal,</i></b> <b><i>The Girl in the Woods, </i></b></span><i><b>The Girl in the Red Dress, No Way Back</b></i> and <i><b>Landscape of Lies </b></i>will know that the
protagonist, London-based investigative journalist Alice Myers, has entered the
secluded world of Derbyshire’s Peak District, an area of isolated farms,
close-knit villages and festering secrets at the invitation of DCI Neil Hunter. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">After fifteen years in exile, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">successful businessman </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Nick Lawrence returns home to save a failing company in <i><b>Betrayal. </b></i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite
being acquitted of the murder of his girlfriend Emily, he</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> is confronted with all the people of a past life who
can’t and won’t forgive him – including his own family – his return reopening
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">A teenager vanishes in woodland in <b><i>The Girl in the Woods</i></b>. Her parents are torn apart by secrets, guilt and jealousy. Barbara Forster, the complex DI heading the enquiry, faces a race against time, following a treacherous path that leads all the way to a dark and explosive climax.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">In </span><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><i>The Girl in the Red Dress,</i></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> the young daughter of a
local doctor is killed – shoved into the icy, fast-flowing river Dane and
cold-bloodedly left to die. Her parents stubbornly deny any involvement. Then,
within days, a boy is also murdered in one of the Peak District’s bleakest cases
ever when a blizzard traps the murder suspects in the small, isolated village of Earl Sterndale (below).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: white;"><i><b>No Way Back </b></i>focuses on the
discovery</span> near Chrome Hill and Parkhouse Hill (which edge<span style="background: white;"> the village</span>) of <span style="background-color: white;">the body of a young girl – who strongly
resembles a child who disappeared in similar circumstances 26 years earlier –
by a family man and soon the prime murder suspect. This unleashes a train of
events that overwhelms him, his family and the local community alike.</span></span></div>
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fail, hampered by a mysterious stranger from his past, his journalist friend
Alice desperately risks her life to bring the killer to justice. </span><span style="background: white;">Revenge and unspeakable crimes converge </span><span style="background: white;">on this sleepy Peak District village and there is... <b><i>No Way Back.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> </i></b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Below you can see Chrome Hill in the foreground, Parkhouse in the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> distance, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the pair collectively forming part of the <i>Dragon's Back.</i> Further</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Those of you who have downloaded <i><b>Landscape of Lies </b></i>will know that Neil is </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">soon investigating deaths that look increasingly like murder. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All the deaths seem linked to a serial killer, now
serving a life sentence. A cat-and-mouse game unfolds for both Neil and Alice.
Is a copycat at large? Who will be the next victim? And … well, you really
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But what I can reveal is the background to this novel and likewise its inspiration: the Peak District National Park – and the main locations depicted in it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Lolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968497741386697440noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157854175907447521.post-39068978666941801382014-05-28T21:28:00.001+02:002014-11-09T12:03:52.874+01:00BARCELONA ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">According to the recent annual Cities Survey from </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: red;"><i>TripAdvisor</i></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">, which collates the opinions of more than 54,000 travellers to the top 37 urban tourist destinations around the world, Barcelona came #3 in the 'overall experience' category. What's your favorite (vacation) destination?</span><br />
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Lolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968497741386697440noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157854175907447521.post-1730960199873174222014-05-14T20:04:00.001+02:002014-08-23T14:00:22.748+02:00ANDALUCIA'S CRAFTS & CORK INDUSTRY ...<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">
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The Pavlova– named after the ballerina Anna Pavlova</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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named after a 16<sup>th</sup></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">century member of the Italian Frangipani family:</span></div>
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Lolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968497741386697440noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157854175907447521.post-5587333781264917292014-04-16T21:20:00.000+02:002014-06-30T16:01:56.684+02:00LOS PUEBLOS BLANCOS DE ANDALUCÍA ...<div class="MsoNormal">
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Lolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968497741386697440noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157854175907447521.post-74542950321849592342014-04-02T20:25:00.000+02:002014-04-03T12:54:33.118+02:00TREATS ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Andalucia is famed for its Pottery </div>
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used to choose always the </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: #fff9ee;"><span style="color: red;"><b>red</b></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: #fff9ee; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;"> <i>Smartie</i> to make my lips look red! Ooh, it was my
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Lolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968497741386697440noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157854175907447521.post-51908685274460406562014-03-19T20:14:00.001+01:002014-04-13T14:18:22.949+02:00SPAIN'S ALMOND TREES ... <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Almond trees were domesticated as far back as 3.000 BC and have been part of our local Mediterranean culture for millennia. Approximately 1.7 million tons of almonds are produced every year around the world. Spain is the second largest almond producer in the world (13% of annual production) after the United States (over 40 percent annually) and relies on Andalucia and Valencia as its main producing regions.</span></div>
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Lolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968497741386697440noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157854175907447521.post-85629451675825038932014-03-05T21:19:00.000+01:002014-03-05T21:19:57.666+01:00PINE PROCESSIONAL CATERPILLARS ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.6em;"><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 1.6em;">Linked to:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 1.6em;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://scenicweekends.blogspot.com/">Scenic
Weekends</a>, <a href="http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/">Shadow
Shot Sunday2</a>, <a href="http://straightoutofthecamerasunday.blogspot.com/">Straight
out of the Camera Sunday</a>, <a href="http://mondaymellowyellows.blogspot.com/">Monday Mellow
Yellows</a>, <a href="http://macromonday2.blogspot.com/">Macro
Monday2</a>, <a href="http://shinethedivinecreativityisaspiritualpractice.com/">I Heart Macro</a>,
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://our-beautiful-world-365.blogspot.com.es/">Our Beautiful
World</a>, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/">Blue
Monday</a>, <a href="http://rubytuesday2.blogspot.com/">Ruby Tuesday</a>, <a href="http://ourworldtuesday.blogspot.com/">Our World Tuesday</a>,</span><b style="line-height: 1.6em;"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://skyley.blogspot.com/">Skywatch
Friday</a>, <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/">Weekend
Reflections</a> & <a href="http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/">Alphabe-Thursday</a> where</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #505050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 1.6em;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="color: #505050;">*</span><b style="color: #505050;">P* </b><span style="color: #505050;">is for our seasonal hazard here in the Southern Mediterranean: </span></span></i></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="color: #505050;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><b><i>Pine </i></b></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 1.6em;"><span style="color: red;"><b><i>Processional Caterpillars</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 1.6em;">Pine Processionary Moth (PPM) larvae (caterpillars) feed on the needles of pine trees and other conifer tree species, forming candy floss-like cocoons. In large numbers they can severely defoliate trees, weakening them (above photos) and making them more susceptible to attack by other pests or diseases, or to environmental stress caused by drought or rainstorms. PPM gets its name from its distinctive habit of moving about in nose-to-tail processions:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 1.6em;">They represent a public health hazard because they have thousands of hairs which contain an irritating protein called thaumetopoein. These hairs can be blown by the wind into contact with people and animals, resulting in painful skin irritations and rashes and, sometimes, allergic reactions in people and death in animals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and here's how it looks after it's been "got" at by caterpillars:</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In Spain, there’s always a fiesta,
local, regional or national. Andalucia alone has 3,000 annually ranging from
<i>romerias</i> (pilgrimages), <i>verbenas</i> (night fairs) to <i>ferias </i>(fairs) and
<i>festivales. </i></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here’s a
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Warriors parade celebrating Moros y Cristianos in Alcoy</span></div>
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Puerta del Sol, Madrid – New Year’s Eve <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gardens here are currently full of these <span style="color: orange; font-weight: bold;">Birds of Paradise </span>(Strelitzia Regina).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Linked to<b> </b></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Scenic Weekends, Shadow Shot Sunday, Straight out of the Camera Sunday, </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I
heart Macro,<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span>Macro
Monday2,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Monday Mellow Yellows, Blue Monday, Our World Tuesday, Our Beautiful World, Ruby Tuesday and Alphabe-Thursday </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">where</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">*</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt;">*L*</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt;"> is for</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Everyone has personal favourites. As for books, maybe it’s: "The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off" - the famous last lines of </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Joseph Heller's <span style="color: red;"><b>Catch-22.</b></span> Or: "So we beat on, boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past" of F Scott Fitzgerald's <span style="color: red;"><b>The Great Gatsby</b></span>. Or: "Yes, she thought, laying down her brush in extreme fatigue, I have had my vision" of Virginia Woolf's <b><span style="color: red;">To The Lighthouse.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">And movies? How about: </span></span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3366ff;">"Don't
let's ask for the moon! We have the stars!"</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> from </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Now, Voyager </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(1942) spoken by </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cc33cc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bette
Davis.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Now, while it is true there have been movies
that have not ended well, it is also true there have been movies that have not
started well. However, I don’t believe this is the case with any of the
following. Any here your favourites?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">“I’ll go home and I’ll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow
is another day!” The optimistic reaction of the determined southern belle </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh, above)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> when a terminally exasperated Rhett Butler
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">2. Chinatown </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">(Roman
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">“Forget it, Jake, it’s Chinatown.” (To Jack Nicholson character)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 8pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t
exist. And like that – poof – he’s gone!” (Kevin Spacey about criminal
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Casablanca </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">(Michael Curtiz, 1942)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">“Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” Said by
nightclub owner Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) to collaborationist police chief
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">“Well, nobody’s perfect!” (Much married millionaire Osgood Fielding III (Joe E
Brown, left) after “Daphne’s” (Jack Lemmon) confession “I’m a man!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">“Oh no, it wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.” The epitaph
on the giant ape Kong, shot dead by fighter planes after carrying Fay Wray to
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">“Mein Führer, I can walk!” Dr Strangelove (Peter Sellers), the German-born
wheelchair-bound US presidential adviser’s shocking final line that suggests an
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">“The stuff that dreams are made of.” PI Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) to San
Francisco cop (Ward Bond) who holds up the fake version of the priceless
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Yellows</a>, <a href="http://macromonday2.blogspot.com/">Macro
Monday2</a>,</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com/">Our
World Tuesday,</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://rubytuesday2.blogspot.com/">Ruby
Tuesday</a>, <a href="http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/">Outdoor Wednesday</a>, <a href="http://shinethedivinecreativityisaspiritualpractice.com/">I Heart Macro</a>,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://our-beautiful-world-365.blogspot.com.es/">Our Beautiful
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Weekends,Shadow Shot Sunday,Straight out of the Camera Sunday,Our Beautiful World,</span></i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">I heart Macro,</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Macro Monday,</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Monday
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halls of the 13th century”, contains the greatest symbol of medieval mythology,
<b><span style="color: red;">King Arthur's Round Table</span></b>, and is all that now remains of <b>Winchester Castle</b>. The
Castle was originally constructed for William the Conqueror in 1067 to help
secure his hold on the city after the Norman Conquest. It housed important
aspects of government such as the Treasury and the Exchequer.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Whilst Lancelot and Guinevere were <strike>canoodling</strike> just good friends in Camelot, Cornwall (don't believe everything you read in medieval tabloids!), Arthur was secretly <strike>cavorting and playing away from home</strike> busy with his Knights of the Round Table here in Winchester. </span></span></div>
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which King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table met, and famous for
centuries for its associations with the legendary 'Once and Future King'.</span>
As its name suggests, it has no head, implying that everyone who sits there has
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Magos" – </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: red;">Gazpar</span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: red;">, Melchor and Baltasar</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: #fff9ee; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;"> on </span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #3333ff;">Sunday, January 5 (Epiphany Eve)</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: #fff9ee; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;">.
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de Reyes </span><span lang="EN-GB">(</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: #fff9ee; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;">below): a sweet, ring-shaped cake with a small gift (a small figurine of the baby
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baked into the middle. The one who gets the gift is crowned king/queen for the
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your <b>spam filter</b> lately? Yes, I know it’s up there with trainspotting, UFO
hunting and soap carving, but bear with me! You see, just checked mine and
amazed to find comments running into double figures. And, no, not from <i>Discount-Canadian-Meds </i>offering you-know-what (apologies to Canadian friends!) or millions
of dollars from a recently deceased “uncle” who made his fortune in</span><span style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Burkino Faso - the usual stuff
for spam filtering. But comments which included words like </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“crime”, “murder”, “victim”
“blood”, “sacrifice”</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. In other words, comments relating to posts about my crime thrillers! Now, regular
readers know I always do my best to get replies to comments left here, so my sincere
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">btw An earlier post of mine about the city of <span style="color: red;"><b>Bath</b></span> attracted <span style="color: red;"><b>26 </b></span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>comments</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> but </span><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>2607 visits</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">! (Possibly something to do with its title:</span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <span style="color: orange;"><b>It's Bath Time!</b></span></i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">) Which makes me think maybe I'd be better off (or rather the <i>Cudeca </i>charity all book profits go to) not writing crime novels at all but </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">2607 Shades of Bathing</span></b> </i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ones</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Do tell me! A</span><span lang="EN-US">nd do check out other posts @ <a href="http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/">Jenny Matlock-Alphabe-Thursday</a>, <a href="http://mondaymellowyellows.blogspot.com/">Monday Mellow Yellows</a>, <a href="http://macromonday2.blogspot.com/">Macro Monday2</a>, <a href="http://rubytuesday2.blogspot.com/">Ruby Tuesday</a>, <a href="http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/">Outdoor Wednesday</a> & </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://shinethedivinecreativityisaspiritualpractice.com/">I
Heart Macro</a></span></span>.<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b> HAPPY</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b><b> HOLIDAYS...</b></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And, finally, thank you to all our dear readers who visited or commented this past year!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">XOXO NORA & LOLA:)</span></b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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