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Excess Baggage

Travel magazine, featuring travellers' tales, experiences and anecdotes

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    14/11/2009

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    John McCarthy talks to writer Jan Morris and also hears what the older traveller likes.

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    1. 07/11/2009

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      John McCarthy explores wild Scotland and the Orient Express.

    2. 31/10/2009

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      John McCarthy explores Berlin and travels with the British Army.

    3. 24/10/2009

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      John McCarthy talks to wilderness expert Ray Mears about travelling across northern Canada

    4. 17/10/2009

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      John McCarthy hears about tracing the footsteps of WWII POWs and the diversity of Ecuador.

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