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Mike and Ellen's Travel Adventures

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  • Glossop to Blackpool: rumination of The Illuminations

    Glossop to Blackpool: rumination of The Illuminations

    18 September 2025 Today we would fulfill one of Mike’s childhood wishes: to see The Blackpool Illuminations. As a child his grandmother brought he and his siblings here in the summertime. They walked on The Prom (promenade), played on the beach and ate Rock (candy sticks with the letters “BLACKPOOL” running through it). He’d heard about The Illuminations which, since 1879, have beckoned visitors to this seaside city during the off season. Now he finally had the opportunity to see them for himself. It is not the first time for me in Blackpool. When Emi and Ben were little, Mike’s… Read more

  • Glossop: feeling at home

    Glossop: feeling at home

    10-18 September 2025 I now realize that I have three homes: Somerville, Bay Head, and Glossop. We come so often to this little town in the north of England, particularly during the last three years, that I have come to love it dearly. The shops, the tall green hills, the Parker Family home, the Derbyshire accents, the history, the apartment we rent each visit, the air, the sky, the weather. It is a good place to be. We’ll start with the weather. It has been cold. It has rarely reached above 60 degrees (15 for you Celsius folks) and lows… Read more