I've been wading through old discussions

@JudyEv (325854)
Rockingham, Australia
March 28, 2024 6:16pm CST
I wrote about us printing a book about our travels in 2017. It was made up from Vince’s blog. He didn’t do a blog for our 2015 trip but I’ve discovered that I have a virtual journey of the five-month trip through my discussions on Bubblews (a few) and MyLot (a great many!). So we might try to do a second book. I’ve always written in Word and edited/tweaked my offerings before putting them up on MyLot. I’ve now very pleased I tackled it this way. It still means I have many files to wade through searching for posts about our travels but at least the text is all there somewhere. I also put up a lot of short video clips of photos before YouTube stopped that option. That will help us find the appropriate photos. And I’m a bit surprised at how much I’ve forgotten about the trip and about some other things. For instance, it seems I once read a book written from the viewpoint of Emily Bronte’s maid. I have absolutely no recollection of it but it’s there in hard print so I guess I did. I truly am getting old. The photo is of the Carrick-a-Rede swinging bridge.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111195)
• El Paso, Texas
29 Mar
Vince is fearless, I'd never go on a bridge like that.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar
I went over it too! They don't worry me.
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (129481)
• Israel
29 Mar
@JudyEv I am glad you are still here and survived going over the bridge.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111195)
• El Paso, Texas
29 Mar
I agree with you @Hannihar
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (40534)
• United States
29 Mar
That's a beautiful view! You and Vince have certainly had so many amazing adventures.
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (40534)
• United States
29 Mar
@JudyEv There's a time for every season in the earth.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar
We were lucky to do as much as we did I guess. I don't think we'll ever go back there now.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (205839)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Mar
I enjoy reading about their travels. I miss their beloed sheep, Herc. Did you get to meet him?
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Kareng
@kareng (54779)
• United States
29 Mar
That would be great to do another book! I think we all forget things. I know I do!! (And the man here.)
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Kareng
@kareng (54779)
• United States
29 Mar
@JudyEv That will be fun to work on!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar
I've started working on the text. It might take a while but I'm not exactly busy.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (170025)
• United States
28 Mar
It will be so much fun remembering all the locations and going back over them again.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (170025)
• United States
29 Mar
@JudyEv Yeah, kind of like a photo scrapbook.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar
It's nice to have a book to flick through with all the special photos in it.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12597)
• Ireland
29 Mar
@judyev You'll be pleased to hear that the bridge is still swinging. We drove past it last week on the (long) way back from Donegal.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar
That's good to know. So many interesting places along that coastline.
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Dena Miller
@Dena91 (15894)
• United States
29 Mar
I think that is a great idea to write another book. Love the photo.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar
It's nice to see the photos in a book and to read about all things we did.
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (57727)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Mar
That's smart. A good way to look back on old memories.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar
We've enjoyed the book we've just had printed so it seems to make sense to do another.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (86764)
• United States
28 Mar
Just a lovely photo Judy! Thank you for sharing your lovely travels with us.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar
It's been so interesting going back through the photos and remembering all the sights we saw.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (134482)
• Roseburg, Oregon
29 Mar
Good luck with doing another book. You sure did have lots of fun times.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar
I'm made a start on the text. The problem might be not letting it get too big.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458297)
• Switzerland
29 Mar
Same as @rebelann I would never go on a swinging bridge. The signs "Maximum number of people" always let me wondering, which weight? Eight people like my husband and I would weight as 4 average Americans.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111195)
• El Paso, Texas
29 Mar
Oh, I doubt you are that heavy, it seems obesity is prevalent in the USA unless you mean South America, those people tend to be thinner than we are here. I weigh 205 pounds. @ladyduck
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458297)
• Switzerland
29 Mar
@rebelann I am 106 pounds and now my husband is down to 130 pounds, together we are not even 240 pounds.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar
I wonder that too. Hopefully they guesstimate the weight of 8 very heavy people! lol
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Mar
I'm afraid of heights so I would not cross that bridge, I hope you do a second book, It is a great way to put together all your memories,
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar
I have started putting the text together so hopefully one day we'll have a second book.
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Fleur
@Fleura (29126)
• United Kingdom
29 Mar
It's certainly a good idea too save your posts in Word. I do the same, write them all in word then paste them in. When I first joined Bubblews someone kindly suggested that idea and it's certainly useful in case you write a post and then the site crashes or something!
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Fleur
@Fleura (29126)
• United Kingdom
30 Mar
@JudyEv Also useful to check whether you wrote about a subject before!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar
I almost always go back and refine/edit, at least a little. I've also gone back to verify a fact here and there, as when something happened or whatever.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar
@Fleura I've checked a few times and found I've already covered a topic.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (205839)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Mar
I'd walk across that bridge, but I'd take my glasses off so as not to get vertigo. I have saved many of my Epinions and Bubblews posts.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar
I would have virtually all of them. Also heaps from Helium and Infobarrel.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (205839)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Mar
@JudyEv Heh. I've heard of those sites.
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Greenery8
@grenery8 (2132)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
30 Mar
Bubblews still exists?What a journey this must have been, from Australia to Ireland,amazing! photos are a proof this happened but yes, memories start to fade.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar
No, Bubblews is long gone but I have copies of all the posts I wrote for it when it was 'live'.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Mar
@grenery8 It's been a real blessing a few times.
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Greenery8
@grenery8 (2132)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
30 Mar
@JudyEv o, that is great you have copies
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
29 Mar
It's amazing what we forget...
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
30 Mar
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar
It is indeed. Soon I'll be able to read the one book over and over and never know I've read it before.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57944)
• Centralia, Washington
29 Mar
What a glorious and scary walk in that photo. I don't think I would be able to do that nowadays. I do love the scenery there.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar
While there are ropes to hang on to, bridges like this don't worry me. They worry Vince more than they do me.
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Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
29 Mar
We have several swinging bridges in New Brunswick. I look forward to hubby hopefully being well enough to take a short walk. Right now a trip from the living room to the bathroom exhausts him. When my parents passed away my sister suggested I use all of my emails to family member, keeping them updated, and creating a book.
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Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
30 Mar
@JudyEv no. I decided that family had read them, maybe even saved them….I didn’t want to go through those couple of years a second time….yet….here I am.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar
And did you do that? I hope you're both able to go for walks soon. Keeping my fingers, toes and eyes crossed for you both.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17844)
• London, England
29 Mar
I have all my musings from Bubblews and myLot. There is a lot of good stuff in there, I think
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar
I've gone back to some old ones from time to time looking for information/dates/etc.
Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (129481)
• Israel
29 Mar
@JudyEv Good luck on your 2nd book. You have done a lot of trips so not surprising if you cannot remember them.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar
Maybe there is only room in my head for so many memories then some have to be forgotten to make room for more.
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (129481)
• Israel
31 Mar
@JudyEv Only you would know that.
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (156271)
• United States
29 Mar
Great photo. I don't think I would trust that bridge. I'm glad you've found sources for your book of travels. Have a good weekend.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar
The bridge gets a lot of use but hopefully it's been built to be very strong.
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