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Liverpool!!!

Just back from an amazing weekend in Liverpool  My first holiday away from family responsibilities since 1987 - business and training trips don't really count.  Friday I flew into Liverpool from Oslo and after settling in went straight to The Cavern Club - not quite birthplace of the Beatles as that was probably Hamburg - but a legendary place and a significant part of The Story.  Anyway, I had a beer and listened to guy singing Beatles hits (though he did slip in an Oasis son...Read more
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Memories of 4 July 2005

To celebrate my 50th year in 2005, we decided to take a trip to the USA.  Starting at Minneapolis we drove to San Franciso by way of North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California.  We stayed on a North Dakota ranch where our two daughters herded cattle.  Visited Mount Rushmore.  "Played" baseball with a kids team at a motel in Cheyenne (they were practicing for a match).  Went to the summit of Pikes Peak.  M...Read more