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Mar 18
2 min

Chambers at Large in Donegal Town

One of my favourite towns in Ireland is Donegal, set on the coast in the North West. It isn’t a big town, but it is a very welcoming one...

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Amelia Chambers

Dec 11, 2019
2 min

Chambers at Large in County Roscommon, Ireland.

In 2003 The Arigna Mining Experience opened its doors to the public and I was one of the first people to visit the coal mine, which close...

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Amelia Chambers

Dec 1, 2019
2 min

Chambers at Large on the Banks of Lough Erne, County Fermanagh

Fermanagh is a beautiful lakeland county in Northern Ireland, with plenty to explore. I took a walk around the shores of Lower Lough Ern...

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Amelia Chambers

Oct 28, 2019
3 min

Chambers at Large in Newgrange and Knowth Neolithic Tombs, County Meath, Ireland.

Thirty years ago I went to Cairo to see the pyramids. Today, I visited tombs older than this Seventh Wonder of the World and they are on...

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Amelia Chambers

Oct 25, 2019
3 min

Chambers at Large Exploring Villages in Suffolk, England.

Set in the south east of England, the county of Suffolk is a very picturesque place to visit and its villages inspired me to write the It...

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Amelia Chambers

Oct 20, 2019
3 min

Chambers at Large in Goritsky, Russia

Goritsky is a town in the middle of nowhere and my first chance to catch a glimpse of rural, Russian life. The houses are all different,...

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Amelia Chambers

Oct 13, 2019
4 min

Chambers at Large in the Palaces of St Petersburg, Russia.

My second day in St Petersburg was not as jam packed as the first, but it was equally as interesting, entertaining and exhausting. The to...

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Amelia Chambers

Oct 11, 2019
2 min

Chambers at Large in Oughterard, County Galway, Ireland

Making the most of a free weekend, with absolutely no commitments, I decided to head west from my homeplace to County Galway. I have visi...

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Amelia Chambers

Sep 19, 2019
6 min

Chambers at Large in St Petersburg, Russia

To say my initiation to St Petersburg was a whirlwind is an understatement. I was shown so much my head was reeling with Russian history...

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Amelia Chambers

Sep 12, 2019
3 min

Chambers at Large in Yaroslavl, Russia

The afternoon in Yaroslavl was dampened by rain, but spirits were not. It seems to be an affluent town thanks to the petro-chemical indu...

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Amelia Chambers

Aug 31, 2019
3 min

Chambers at Large in Kizhi, Russia

The island of Kizhi stands on Lake Onega, in the north of Russia, further north than Iceland and only 200 miles or so from Finland. I ha...

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Amelia Chambers

Aug 27, 2019
2 min

Chambers at Large in Mandrogi, Russia.

Mandrogui is not in the guide book as it is a man-made village filled with artisan shops and a vodka museum. Some may call it a tourist ...

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Amelia Chambers

Jul 31, 2019
3 min

Chambers at Large in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland.

There is Ireland and then there is County Kerry. I say that because the Ireland tourists see in this beautiful county is, in my humble o...

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Amelia Chambers

Jul 25, 2019
3 min

Chambers at Large in Leap Castle, Roscrea, County Offaly, Ireland.

I’ve explored most of Ireland’s coastline, thus I thought it was time to move inland and see what was happening in the heartland of the E...

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Amelia Chambers

Jul 18, 2019
2 min

Chambers at Large on the de Cuellar Trail in the counties of north Sligo and north Leitrim, Ireland.

Captain Francisco de Cuellar was one of the few sailors to wash up onto Streedagh Beach in North Sligo, Ireland in 1588 following a fierc...

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Amelia Chambers

Jul 9, 2019
3 min

Chambers at Large in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

Bury St Edmunds claims to be the Jewel in the Crown of Suffolk and who am I to argue, although the roads and pavements are decidedly roug...

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Amelia Chambers

Jul 6, 2019
3 min

Chambers at Large: The National Space Centre, Leicester, England

On July 20th 1969 I can clearly remember being woken in the early hours of the morning by my father to watch Neil Armstrong step onto the...

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Amelia Chambers

Apr 26, 2019
5 min

Chambers at Large: Belfast Zoo

I am a staunch supporter of Dublin Zoo, thus when I heard there was a zoo in Belfast, I had to go. Belfast Zoo, a 55-acre site which play...

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Amelia Chambers

Mar 17, 2019
4 min

Chambers at Large on The Great Wall of China

According to a recent documentary I watched, the Great Wall of China was once almost 10,000 miles long. My guide told me it was over 5,5...

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Amelia Chambers

Mar 9, 2019
3 min

Chambers at Large: Attending the Peking Opera & Learning of Other Leisure Pursuits

When it comes to Peking Opera, words fail me. Let me say from the get go, I love Western opera. Carmen, Aida, The Magic Flute, I’ve see...

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