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On holiday in Devon, UK - June 2010

I originally come from near Leicester, in the Midlands, but moved to Bedfordshire 10 years ago. I now live with my husband, Mick, in a village not too far from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. It is about 20 minutes from Milton Keynes.

My mother's family come from North Wales and most holidays when I was young were spent here. My first trip abroad was when I was 17 in 1992 to Corfu but it is only really since 2003 that i have managed to get away several times a year for both city breaks and full length holidays.
In 1995-1996 I lived in France, near Lille, as part of my degree. Living that far North i was also able to go for day trips to Belgium, which was great.

2007

Beginning of March - spent 3 days in Riga, Latvia, although unfortunately, this trip was for work so only managed to see the Old Town at night.

March - 3 nights in Lisbon, where unfortunately I got very ill with possibly food poisoning and so one of my days was spent in bed and therefore I didn't get to see Sintra, however, I did make enough of a recovery to see a lot of Lisbon itself, including Belem.

May - 4 days in Rome

July - 3 days in York, UK

October - a week in Rhodes, Greece

2008 - Our son Thomas was born on 16th May so no more travel for us for a while! - maybe the odd holiday now and again, but for now, just happy to concentrate on home life.

Below is a bit of information about me:

Films I love

Our cat, Stevie

Almost Famous
Amelie
Moulin Rouge
Notting Hill
Chocolat

Favourite Bands

I love music, particulary rock music - there are too many bands to mention but included in my list of favourites are:
Incubus
Feeder
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Foo Fighters
Blackfield
Porcupine Tree
Led Zeppelin

Favourite Authors

I love reading many different types of authors, but have most recently got into reading true stories and crime, at the moment my favourites are
Jeffrey Deaver
James Patterson
Harlan Coben
Lee Child

Pet
We now have a lovely black cat called Stevie, who we were looking after for a couple of months and has now became ours!

Newest pages

My Hong Kong page has now been completed!

Please feel free to take a look and let me know what you think!

Just finished updating: my Newcastle page after our visit in August and also my Buckinghamshire page has recently been updated.

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Sorry but I will not be replying to any emails requesting to be personal friends and getting to know each other better etc, I am here to discuss travel only and so would also prefer not to be added as a friend unless you have already had contact with me about travels.

Some photos of recent travels

October/November 2006 -4 days in Beijing and 6 days in Hong Kong

View over Lisbon - spent 3 nights here in March 2007

4 days spent in Rome May 2007

York Minster

Long weekend in York - July 2007

Symi

The island of Symi, off Rhodes, Oct 2007

Intro Updated Jan 21, 2011
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mrclay2000 Oct 12, 2012 at 4:05 PM

Happy belated birthday -- looks like neither one of us is on here like we used to be. . .
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RickinDutch Oct 8, 2012 at 2:23 PM

Happy Birthday Claire!
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lisa85202 Oct 8, 2012 at 5:35 AM

Happy Birthday from New Mexico!!
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DaHongHua Oct 8, 2012 at 1:33 AM

Nice to meet you in today's birthday list. A warm happy birthday greeting to you from Malaysia. Wish you all the best to keep on your travelling interest. Cheers.
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Homanded Oct 8, 2010 at 7:34 AM

Hope you have a very happy Birthday Claire. <3 <3 <3
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a2lopes Oct 8, 2009 at 7:17 AM

Happy birthday Claire and many happy returns of the day. Greetings from Lisbon which is waiting for your revisit
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nhcram Oct 8, 2009 at 5:03 AM

Hi Claire, Hope you have a lovely day xxx
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kelnsha Oct 6, 2009 at 6:31 AM

Hope you've a memorable birthday, Claire! Cheers!
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Rashad Oct 9, 2008 at 6:37 AM

I wish that you have had a very nice and happy birthday:-)))
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uglyscot Oct 7, 2008 at 11:55 PM

Many happy returns of the day. Such lovely flower pictures.