Chambers at Large in Duffus, Scotland
There are many reasons I like to travel, but meeting up with like-minded people is high on the list. I thought I was the only one who...
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Amelia Chambers
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Chambers at Large Admiring The Sueno Stone, near Forres, Scotland
Once in a while when travelling I come across an artefact that is totally out of place opening up a barrage of questions. The Sueno Stone...
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Amelia Chambers
- Sep 10
- 3 min
Chambers at Large in Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland
As usual I did no research as to what I wanted to see and do when I was invited to the north of Scotland by friends I met on my trip to...
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Amelia Chambers
- Sep 8
- 3 min
Chambers at Large in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, Ireland
I’m a little late congratulating the county town of Leitrim for winning the Best Kept Towns Competition 2023, but better late than never!...
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Amelia Chambers
- Aug 6
- 3 min
Chambers at Large in Florence Court, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
Dodging the showers has become a sport this summer, but having been told there is no such thing as bad weather in the UK and Ireland,...
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Amelia Chambers
- Jul 1
- 3 min
Chambers at Large in Fota Wildlife Park, County Cork, Ireland
I am a great supporter of zoos and wildlife parks where staff do their best to conserve and protect flora and fauna on our fragile planet...
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Amelia Chambers
- Jun 4
- 3 min
Chambers at Large by the Dead Sea and on the banks of the River Jordan.
Over thirty years ago I visited the Holy Land, travelling the length and breadth of Israel in order to see where Jesus was born, where he...
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Amelia Chambers
- May 26
- 3 min
Chambers at Large in Petra, Jordan
One of the reasons I wanted to go to Jordan was to visit the ancient city of Petra and I was not disappointed. It is a remarkable site...
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Amelia Chambers
- May 11
- 3 min
Chambers at Large in Amman, Jordan
I’ve wanted to go to Jordan for some considerable time and was delighted to find a tour that covered many of the highlights of the...
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Amelia Chambers
- May 4
- 3 min
Chambers at Large in Wadi Rum, Jordan
Watching Han Solo and Chewbacca piloting the Millennium Falcon for the first time back in the late seventies is one of my most vivid...
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Amelia Chambers
- Apr 17
- 3 min
Chambers at Large in The Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Inniskeen, County Monaghan, Ireland
When asked to name an Irish poet the names that spring to mind will probably be the Nobel Laureates: W. B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney. The...
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Amelia Chambers
- Apr 14
- 5 min
Chambers at Large: Exploring County Cavan, Ireland
For several years I travelled through the county of Cavan in order to go to work and, like many people, didn’t take a second look at the...
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Amelia Chambers
- Feb 12
- 5 min
Chambers at Large: Touring the Island of Madeira
Despite the glorious sunshine and temperatures of twenty to twenty two degrees, the local people still viewed the balmy days of February...
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Amelia Chambers
- Feb 12
- 4 min
Chambers at large in Funchal, Madeira
When I first mentioned to a friend that I was going to Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira off the Moroccan coast,...
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Amelia Chambers
- Dec 15, 2022
- 3 min
Chambers at Large in Bucharest, Romania
After having visited several multicoloured towns and villages in Romania it came as a shock to see that the city of Bucharest was fifty...
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Amelia Chambers
- Nov 27, 2022
- 3 min
Chambers at Large in the Fortified Church of Prejmer and Peles Castle, Sinaia, Romania
One of the most fascinating places I visited in Romania was a fortified church, a very unique building dating back to the 13th century in...
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Amelia Chambers
- Nov 18, 2022
- 3 min
Chambers at Large in Sighisoara: UNESCO heritage site and home place of Vlad the Impaler, Romania
One hundred miles away from Bran Castle is the town of Sighisoara (pronounced Siggy-sure-ah) the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler, Voivode...
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Amelia Chambers
- Nov 11, 2022
- 4 min
Chambers at Large: Discovering Dracula in Bran Castle, Transylvania
Before going on holiday there are people who do a great deal of research into the country of choice: what there is to see, to do, what...
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Amelia Chambers
- Oct 28, 2022
- 3 min
Chambers at Large in Brasov, Romania
Dracula is one of my favourite books, a true horror story, therefore Transylvania was high on my list of places to visit and Romania did...
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Amelia Chambers
- Oct 26, 2022
- 3 min
Chambers at Large in Covent Garden and the London Transport Museum
It has been a while since I visited England’s capital city, but as I had a day between flights out of Heathrow Airport I decided to visit...
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