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England Summer 2025, Day 10-part 2 Day 11-part 1
Fossil hunting on the Jurassic Coast deserves its own post. Maybe this activity doesn’t mean as much to people who grew up in England as it does to someone who grew up in the middle of south Texas. I don’t know. For me, it’s a big freakin’ deal. The fossils people find at Lyme Regis Read more
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England Summer 2025, Day 10-Part 1
A love for Jane Austen is a good enough reason to visit Lyme Regis. The coastal town plays a prominent role in Persuasion. It is a place Austen visited more than once more than ten years prior to writing the novel. It gives you a sense of the kinds of seaside resort towns Austen mocked Read more