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UK Border Control: We arrive in, and almost get thrown out of, England

10 Saturday Sep 2011

Posted by Virginia Smith in Cambridge, England, How we're coming along, US vs UK

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“Don’t lie!” the UK immigration agent snapped at me.  I was standing in front of her desk at Border Control …

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An English farm, Summer 2016

29 Friday Jul 2016

Posted by Virginia Smith in Crich and the farms

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Roses in the old orchard.

Door to the granary.

Door to the barn.

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The granary.

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The barn and a rainbow.

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The farm cats.

 

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