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Another month has passed, and it’s that time for me to compile the list of articles that appeared in Roland’s Travels. I hope you have read them, but if not, here is the list and links.

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And now to the links!

The oldest from the beginning of November are listed first.

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The Great Plague and The Village of Eyam - an Interview with ...

Listen now (37 min) | Owen Roberts, Curator of Eyam Museum I was delighted when Owen accepted my invitation to join me on Roland’s Travels Podcast. Eyam is a lovely village with a sad tale due to the havoc caused by the Great Plague in 1665 and 1666. However, the village is known for how it acted du…

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3 months ago · 2 likes · Roland Millward

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The Cornish Pasty - a taste of Cornwall

Cornwall is the last county in the southwest of England. Most people local to Cornwall view themselves as Cornish rather than English. This peninsula on England’s Atlantic coast even has its own language. It is now an area where every year, approximately five million visitors arrive, and many of them are concentrated in the few short weeks of summerti…

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3 months ago · 5 likes · Roland Millward

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Nunney Castle and Village

The pretty village of Nunney has a special memory for me. It was at the George Inn, an 18th-century public house, that I took my then-to-be wife on our first date. It’s now time to go and revisit Nunney for my readers at Roland’s Travels and share this beautiful and historic Somerset village with you…

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3 months ago · 6 likes · 10 comments · Roland Millward

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The father of photography - Fox Talbot

I always enjoy visiting the Wiltshire village of Lacock and, on this occasion, called in at the Fox Talbot Photographic Museum. Operated by the National Trust, the museum celebrates the history of photography and the role that William Henry Fox Talbot played. The exhibits are all on the grou…

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2 months ago · 4 likes · 4 comments · Roland Millward

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Non-Boring History

Listen now (39 min) | Roland’s Travels Podcast: Non-Boring History Welcome to Roland’s Travels’ latest podcast. Annette Laing is the author of Non-Boring History , which does describe how she tells her stories of historical events and the lives of people from days gone by…

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2 months ago · 3 likes · Roland Millward

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Winchester City Mill

Watch now (15 sec) | After much work, Winchester City Mill was fully restored to working order in 2004. The pristine condition of this flour mill belies its great age. It was pre-Covid lockdown when I last visited before I started Roland’s Travels. The mill came back to mind, and I checked my photo album and realised I should share this with you…

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2 months ago · 5 likes · 2 comments · Roland Millward