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Month: November 2017

Recovering the past: In Flanders Fields Museum

Recovering the past: In Flanders Fields Museum

Right, so I may be a bit biased – the artist Ian Alderman is a good friend – but if you are in Ieper/Ypres between now and the end of the year (2017), you have to visit the ‘Recovering the Past’ Exhibition at the In Flanders Fields museum. Ian has spent over 5 years with the section of the Belgian army tasked with disposing of unexploded munitions from both world wars.  There is tons of it still finding its way…

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Photo Friday: Lipton’s Seat, Sri Lanka

Photo Friday: Lipton’s Seat, Sri Lanka

Er … what sweeping views? At the look-out point on the Dambatenne tea plantation, Sir Thomas Lipton used to bring guests for picnics and to survey the sheer sweeping views below. My new friend Thomas Unfortunately, for us much of the 18,000 metre drop down to the valleys below was obscured by cloud on our visit. It cleared up a bit while we were there, but there was always some lingering cloud in the way of the best view of…

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