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    <title><![CDATA[une vie de chien]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[A thought for today]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 08:57:27 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. Then the whining... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[THE TRIP]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:26:39 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[They staggered from the plane, blinking in the mid-afternoon sun after a gruelling 12-hour flight from Europe. Stiff from being cooped up in the plane it was impossible to get their legs working again. Steven the Chinese guide was waiting to greet them,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Flying Kiwi flies off Ben Nevis]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 14:46:10 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The day - up at seven - breakfast - pack lunch - zoom off to mountain. The weather - overcast - slight drizzle - warm - nothing to be concerned about. The climb - monotonous - easy path - a slog - just as expected. The people - too many - inexperienced... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[RMT- Ruapehu Round the Mountain Track - New Zealand]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[RMT - Round the Mountain Track Ruapehu- journal of a 6-day trip clockwise from National Park 29/1/2018 - 4/2/2018. external link: http://www.nationalpark.co.nz/activities/tongariro-national-park-hike/round-the-mountain-track Returning for a short visit... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[A return to paradise  &quot;lost&quot; !]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 10:41:08 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A returning Kiwi sees the country as a tourist and is disappointed with the experience…. Once-upon-a timethe starry-eyed touriston the sparkling shores of AotearoaIgnoring the mechanicalKia Ora Kia Ora chants of welcometimidly ventured the refrain of... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Being there  – ravings from the baby-boomer]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2017 23:29:57 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Once-upon-a-time we were “Mum” and “Dad”. Folding up the freshly laundered sheets after the hustle and bustle of Christmas and the patter of little feet – the abrupt disappearance - yet again – of the children into the separate labyrinths of their daily... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Shopping in Switzerland / or how shopping for a piano can lead to a wild goose chase around the cow pastures of Fribourg]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 09:04:36 +0100</pubDate>
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