Martin McDowell's Blog

It has been nearly a year since I moved to Wales and I took the opportunity of the local bank holidays to get back home and refresh my palatability for potica, ham, horseradish and boiled eggs in coloured egg shells. In the end it also appeared to be an opportunity to refresh my snow-clearing abilities [...]

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I visited this very good DZ after the main group returned back to Ljubljana. It turned out to be a great idea, especially as the alternative was to go up north into Georgia, but that plan had to be scrapped due to severe weather warnings and big snowfalls in Georgia. The photo on top showing [...]

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After getting a chance to see the Florida wildlife from a motorised boat there was a great chance to see it from a little bit more down-to-earth – or should I say down-to-water perspective. The Hillsborough River State Park offers canoe rentals on the Hillsborough river and other activities, such as camping, walking, swimming in [...]

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We wanted to use the good weather to see some local natural history and even though it pained us that we didn’t skydive on such a beautiful day we were all not sorry at all we took the trip. Our guide and boat operator was Denis, the owner of the house we were staying at [...]

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Sorry to write this today as I have returned yesterday at 5pm and the trip whent nearly without complications – there was a slight 20 min delay in Orlando. The plance was not full as on the way there so I had the chance to lay down. Once arriving at Gatwick and when the excitement [...]

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