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Of course not literally, but it was published today in the local newspaper that the Freshwater West (the location of one of my recent trecks: The difference is in the Angle) will be used as a filming location for the upcoming movies Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood remake. The [...]

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I am convinced you everyone will see the huge difference in the views you see on the north side of the peninsula, compared to the south – while on the north side you see the beautiful town of Angle, but then as you move further along you are met with the view of all the [...]

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This one the walk no 27 taken from the book and is a bit of a deviation from the books theme – it being that there are 41 circular walks in Pembrokeshire. Well this walk is still in Pembrokeshire but it is not at all circular. However the authors can be forgiven for this as [...]

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I saw this somewhere on the internet and found it hilarious. I apologise to any US citizen if he/she is offended but this is really good! To The citizens of the United States of America: In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we [...]

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I was very surprised to hear that the British Queen Elisabeth II. is to visit Slovenia soon. The official press release can be seen HERE. The original press release on 26-Jun-2008 read: Buckingham Palace press releases ANNOUNCEMENT OF STATE VISITS TO SLOVENIA AND SLOVAKIA 26 June 2008 THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS [...]

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Google Maps has recently updated the satellite photos covering Wales, Pembrokeshire in particular. I am not sure how other areas were covered before but there is a definite resolution increase in the photos in south west Wales. The enhanced photos were first available on Google Earth and soon after that on the web edition – [...]

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After being back in Slovenia for only three days I have to go back. Not that there is some urgent business I have to attend to but that is just all the time I had available during the Christmas/NewYear holidays. Tomorrow I have to be back at work where I already have appointments waiting. And [...]

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Last weekend I did what I wanted to do for a long while – to actually skydive in the UK. I’ve been putting it off for a long time, lately mostly due to the weather we have been having. Last weekend the weather was OK, no flu lingering in the background and no lameness in [...]

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Well, this has happened much faster than the last time I tried this, of course, using another broadband provider certainly helps and the key is probably in the name as well: the company’s name is Fast. They sent me a mail on Thursday tellimg me the connection is up and running since 8.09 AM. I [...]

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Ker tale moj spletni dnevnik berete večinoma prijatelji in znanci iz Slovenije sem se odločil, da napišem nekaj člankov tudi v slovenščini – to in še razlog, da tole, kar bom napisal, ni ravno laskavo državi v kateri trenutno živim. Ker sem kar nekaj let preživel v službah, ki so imele bolj ali manj zveze [...]

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This post will be dedicated to the description of the procedure I had to go through to get my Slovene veterinary qualifications recognized in the United Kingdom. I must stress that this is the procedure that was applicable to me and may vary for other individuals that have different circumstances. I first tried to get [...]

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