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Campervan travels in the Uk and Europe.
We are two ageing and appreciative adventurers looking to turn the page on a new chapter of our lives.....
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 25
This week’s choice inevitably chose itself! This is the iTunes No 1 this week and is an update of the classic 1974 Chinn and Chapman...
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Dec 25, 20241 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 24
Story of My Life is our Song of the Week this week, and it comes from the American punk rock band Social Distortion who were formed in...
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Dec 19, 20241 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 23
And so, as the clock ticks down on Iona’s Song of the Week 2024, we come to week number 23 of Part Two (or 49 in total)! Our choice this...
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Dec 9, 20241 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 22
Wow, how did that happen? This week’s song of the week is No 48 of 2024; there are only four more to choose! It has also, bizarrely,...
ionacali
Dec 4, 20241 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 21
This week’s song is by Cary Ann Hearst, half of a band called Shovels and Rope who we first encountered about ten years ago. The band is...
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Nov 29, 20241 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 20
As this week started on November 11th, Rememberance Day here in the UK, we have chosen, as Iona’s Song of the Week, a song written in...
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Nov 18, 20241 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 19
This week, for our Song of the Week, we go back forty-seven years to 1977. The song is the title track from the debut album by the...
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Nov 8, 20241 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 18
This week's song is from a band who first appeared as the 15th choice in Part One, The Drive-by Truckers. It is the eighth track from...
ionacali
Nov 3, 20241 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 17
Faded Flower of Broadway is our Song of the Week, and it comes from Willie Nile’s 5th album, released in 2006. Willie, born Robert...
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Oct 31, 20241 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 16
If you have been listening to any of our Songs of the Week over the year, there will be a few tropes that you might have noticed. In...
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Oct 19, 20241 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 15
Our next choice for Song of the Week is Bean Fields from the live album When in Rome… by the enigmatic ‘collective’ The Penguin Cafe...
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Oct 16, 20241 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 14
So, this Week's Song was chosen several days ago, and we were looking forward to introducing you to a new act on the scene. Then we heard...
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Sep 30, 20241 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 13
Well, this Week's Song was suggested to me earlier this week when I came across this singer/songwriter’s 21st album, which is a belter,...
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Sep 22, 20242 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 12
This Week's song follows last week’s, which was delayed due to internet difficulties! As I write this, I have yet to choose a song, so...
ionacali
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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Iona heads west, into Wales….
Having had a lovely stay in Oxford and Bath, Iona headed further west over the Severn Bridge and navigated the ever-changing Welsh speed...
ionacali
Sep 16, 20244 min read
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Iona’s Song of the Week - No 11
We have struggled to get any meaningful internet connection for the last week, so our Song of the Week has been delayed. However, without...
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Sep 14, 20241 min read
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Iona heads to Oxford, Bath and further west….
As indicated at the end of our last update, we were about to visit Oxford, which we did over a day and only scratched the surface! The...
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Sep 6, 20243 min read
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