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On a blustery January weekend, I've headed down to the south coast and the seaside resort of Worthing, famous as a retirement location less famous for its Iron Age Hill forts.
Worthing, England ;
Friday 19 December - Sunday 21 December 2025 |
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Hansa Hideaway...I've headed to a once major Hanseatic trading city that became so unimportant that despite being 35Km from Hamburg it survived WWII without a single allied bomb landing on the city.
Stade, Deutschland Stade, Germany;
Friday 19 December - Sunday 21 December 2025 |
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Hidden Hesse... Once the capital of its own kingdom and birthplace of the modern fairy tale, it's connections to the east left it at the very edge of Western Europe during the Cold War yet today it's almost at the centre of Germany.
Kassel, Deutschland Kassel, Germany;
Thursday 11 December - Sunday 14 December 2025 |
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Bavarian Beauty... I've headed to a small Bavarian city nestled in the confluence of the Inn, Ilz and Danube rivers, surrounded by hills and cliffs and close to the Austrian border that once housed the world's largest pipe organ.
Passau, Deutschland Passau, Germany;
Thursday 04 December - Sunday 07 December 2025 |
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Confluence City...I've journeyed to Lyon, at the confluence of the Saône and Rhône Rivers and with a history dating back before the Romans, and that's just in the fine arts museum.
Lyon, France ;
Friday 07 November - Sunday 09 November 2025 |
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