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Back to the U.K.

            No, I’m not talking about Harry and Meghan, bless their hearts.   Rather, I scheduled a U.K. two-fer this year – Scotland/Northumberland in July.   And next, London with a side-trip to Bath. Regular readers know that the Scotland trip was all about cycling with The Hubs, but this upcoming trip is a solo-ish, extended, non-cycling adventure.   Which is to say that I signed up for another long-ish stay with The Good Life Abroad (TGLA) . Last year’s TGLA trip was a month in Florence, which I lengthened on the front end with a few days each in Lucca and Porto Venere. The glow from that trip continues to shimmer.   It really was the experience of a lifetime that I’ll treasure always. I have visions of another extended stay in that area on my own sometime, but in the meantime, I impulsively booked with TGLA for a shorter stay (2 weeks) in London. I’ve added a few days on the front end in Bath, where I’ll recover from jet lag...