As part of my “birthday fortnight” celebrations (it was my 40th) along with three friends, Jenn and I took at trip to wine country in the Santa Ynez Valley.
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This past weekend I went on my first ever backpacking trip. For those who don’t know, this is like going on a hike with a bit more – the main factor being that you stay overnight somewhere in the back-end of nowhere.
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Our first visitors from the UK have just departed our house for a trip up north in California.
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I landed back in California last week after my first visit to the Mother Country since moving here.
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