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		<title>New free online serialised novels / novellas for 2009 from Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adding to my free online novels / novellas is my New Year's resolution so here are details of my first two for 2009.]]></description>
		<link>http://novels.hopcott.net/2009/01/new-free-online-serialised-novels-novellas-for-2009-from-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Violins and fiddles are better than other musical instruments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I genuinely prefer violins and fiddles to other musical instruments in an orchestra. They are just so much more friendly.]]></description>
		<link>http://violin.hopcott.net/2009/01/violins-and-fiddles-are-better-than-other-musical-instruments/</link>
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		<title>Mandy closes first motorhome sale so gets to eat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was the end of Mandy's first day at Ruarc's second-hand motor home sales and Mandy had closed her first deal. Ruarc was obviously pleased]]></description>
		<link>http://motorhome.hopcott.net/2009/01/mandy-closes-first-motorhome-sale-and-gets-to-eat/</link>
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		<title>Mandy’s new motorhome sales job - first day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ruarc's motorhome office rusted wearily a few steps away from the circle of motorhomes for sale.]]></description>
		<link>http://motorhome.hopcott.net/2009/01/mandys-new-motorhome-sales-job-first-day/</link>
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		<title>A bad key day and a new job in motorhome sales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The final set of keys on this bad key day were handed to her by her new employer Rick and were those she was now trying to use to open the old and rusty motor home that came with her new job in motorhome sales.]]></description>
		<link>http://motorhome.hopcott.net/2009/01/a-bad-key-day-and-a-new-job-in-motorhome-sales/</link>
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		<title>The orchestras were best. Woohoo! It gets me all excited just to think about it.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Naturally, I preferred the other violins. they were always so warm and welcoming and it was great to play together with them. The sound a  lot of violins make when played together is so fantastic. It's like being wrapped in a huge warm cloth and cuddled and then cuddled again. ]]></description>
		<link>http://violin.hopcott.net/2009/01/the-orchestras-were-best-woohoo-it-gets-me-all-excited-just-to-think-about-it/</link>
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		<title>In my violin case, in a dark attic, in a dark house, somewhere</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don't actually know where but I've been here for a long time. Too long for an active violin or fiddle such as myself. I don't like it here. It's boring, how would you like it? Just lying here - for a really long time. As I said, boring.]]></description>
		<link>http://violin.hopcott.net/2009/01/in-my-violin-case-in-a-dark-attic-in-a-dark-house-somewhere/</link>
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		<title>Hi, my name’s Buddy. I’m a violin - some people would call me a fiddle.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi, my name's Buddy. I'm a violin - some people would call me a fiddle. Sometimes I prefer to be called a violin and sometimes I prefer to be called a fiddle - it depends on how I'm feeling, whether I'm feeling hoity toity, lah-di-dah or just deep down dirty and raring to go.]]></description>
		<link>http://violin.hopcott.net/2009/01/hi-my-names-buddy-im-a-violin-some-people-would-call-me-a-fiddle/</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year to all from Christine at Newpoint Hotel, Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Newpoint Hotel's New Year's resolution is to continue to offer the best special budget hotel discount offer hotel accommodation in Bournemouth that is also clean, comfortable and delivered with a friendly smile :-)]]></description>
		<link>http://southbournebedandbreakfast.com/2009/01/05/happy-new-year-to-all-from-christine-at-newpoint-hotel-southbourne-bournemouth-dorset/</link>
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		<title>Mama Stone&#8217;s, new live performance venue in Wellington, Somerset could easily become addictive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night, 18th December 2008, Mama Stone's, the new live performance venue at Wellington, Somerset, rocked to the sound of some fine local bands as Mama Stone's new folk and roots evening 'Acoustic Roots' got under way - an evening of live music that...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.folkmusicfestivalsandsessions.com/2008/12/mama-stones-new-live-performance-venue.html</link>
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		<title>Wellington, Somerset new folk and roots night &#8216;Acoustic Roots&#8217; at Mama Stone&#8217;s music venue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just heard from Jamie of Under One Sun that a new folk and roots night 'Acoustic Roots' is starting at the dedicated music venue Mama Stone's at 14-18 North Street Wellington TA21 8LT.Details of dates in early 2009 will be out soon but on Thursday 18...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.folkmusicfestivalsandsessions.com/2008/12/wellington-somerset-new-folk-and-roots.html</link>
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		<title>Camper-van visit to Bossington on the edge of Exmoor in West Somerset</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The old village of Bossington, Exmoor, West Somerset has a nice car park, some beautiful old thatched cottages and splendid secluded tea gardens]]></description>
		<link>http://campervan.hopcott.net/2008/12/camper-van-visit-to-bossington-on-the-edge-of-exmoor-in-west-somerset/</link>
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		<title>Campervan visit to Selworthy village, Exmoor near Minehead, West Somerset</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Favourite place to park up my campervan and take a stroll is amongst the thatched cottages of Selworthy Village on the Northern fringes of Exmoor ]]></description>
		<link>http://campervan.hopcott.net/2008/12/campervan-visit-to-selworthy-village-exmoor-near-minehead-west-somerset/</link>
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		<title>Christmas shopping, a brass band, carols and festive music at the Royal Oak pub, Porlock</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christmas shopping buzzed with festive music and carols in the streets and pubs of Exmoor and West Somerset village Porlock by the Bristol Channel]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/12/christmas-shopping-a-brass-band-carols-and-festive-music-at-the-royal-oak-pub-porlock/</link>
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		<title>Christmas Eve folk song, music or whatever session relocated to “Knights in the Bottom” (Victoria Inn) 24th December from 8pm. just outside Weymouth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Roger and Jo Quigley suggested running their Wednesday folk music, sing-a-long session (at the Sailors Return, Weymouth) on Christmas Eve, it seemed to be a popular idea for all, including the landlord. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, the land...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wessexfolkfestival.com/2008/12/christmas-eve-folk-song-music-or.html</link>
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		<title>Online writing tips statistics suggested an interest in how to write a Christmas story and stories with a twist in the tale (twist in the tail)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christmas stories and writing a story with a twist in the tale (twist in the tail) tips have been interests of visitors to my writing blog recently]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/12/online-writing-tips-statistics-suggested-an-interest-in-christmas-stories-and-stories-with-a-twist-in-the-tale-twist-in-the-tail/</link>
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		<title>Like folk music, folk singing and folk dancing? You could love Folk Camps!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Folk Camps are for people who like getting together to dance, sing and play folk music in a family friendly, community and camping environment.]]></description>
		<link>http://folk.hopcott.net/2008/12/like-folk-music-folk-singing-and-folk-dancing-you-could-love-folk-camps/</link>
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		<title>Friendly Christmas Eve folk music session of English traditional tunes at South Petherton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Martin Hughes has kindly emailed me to say that there will be a folk music session at the Wheatsheaf Inn at South Petherton on Wednesday 24th December 2008 starting about 8.30 pm which, of course, is Christmas Eve.The Wheatsheaf folk music session run ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.folkmusicfestivalsandsessions.com/2008/12/friendly-christmas-eve-folk-music.html</link>
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		<title>Online writing visitors, their total numbers and the keywords they use for your online book or blog are vital information</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Online writing site statistics are vital to analyse total visitor numbers and the keywords your online readers are using to find your site]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/12/online-writing-visitors-their-total-numbers-and-the-keywords-they-use-for-your-online-book-or-blog-are-vital-information/</link>
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		<title>Christmas book reading is a great way to escape ghastly Christmas television programmes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A good Christmas book is my escape plan on Christmas Day while my family watch ghastly television programmes - thank goodness for Christmas books]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/12/christmas-book-reading-is-a-great-way-to-escape-ghastly-christmas-television-programmes/</link>
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		<title>Inns with log fires are my favourite place to chat in West Somerset</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Inns with log fires or any other sort of open fire are my favourite places to spend a sociable evening chatting in West Somerset]]></description>
		<link>http://inns.hopcott.net/2008/12/inns-with-log-fires-are-my-favourite-place-to-chat-in-west-somerset/</link>
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		<title>Online writing help - use Webmaster tools to make a friend of the search engines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Online writing help from search engines rewards online writers who treat search engines as their publishers and build close relationships.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/12/online-writing-help-use-webmaster-tools-to-make-a-friend-of-the-search-engines/</link>
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		<title>Campervan chilly option in frosty weather at Dunster by Candlelight, West Somerset, Exmoor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I parked up my campervan last weekend on the old main road just past Dunster Steep in West Somerset to visit Dunster by Candlelight.]]></description>
		<link>http://campervan.hopcott.net/2008/12/campervan-chilly-option-in-frosty-weather-at-dunster-by-candlelight-west-somerset-exmoor/</link>
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		<title>Traditional dancing is a great way to find friends, travel and get exercise - perhaps even find love or marriage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A traditional dancing group is a great way of meeting people, keeping fit, travelling and being part of a very friendly and welcoming community.]]></description>
		<link>http://dancing.hopcott.net/2008/12/traditional-dancing-is-a-great-way-to-find-friends-travel-and-get-exercise-perhaps-even-find-love-or-marriage/</link>
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		<title>Bournemouth cheap hotel deals, budget offers and discounts are key to success says Southbourne hotelier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cheap Bournemouth hotel deals and hotel offers with budget and discount hotel prices at Newpoint Hotel, Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset]]></description>
		<link>http://accommodation.hopcott.net/2008/12/bournemouth-cheap-hotel-deals-budget-offers-and-discounts-are-key-to-success-says-southbourne-hotelier/</link>
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		<title>Christmas present buying at the local mega shopping mall is an obligatory pleasure - like paying taxes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christmas present buying prevents something really awful happening, my wife tells me, as she disappears off to the local mega shopping mall.]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/12/christmas-present-buying-at-the-local-mega-shopping-mall-is-an-obligatory-pleasure-like-paying-taxes/</link>
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		<title>Christmas folk musicians, folk music and Christmas carols at Dunster by Candlelight, West Somerset</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Folk musicians and carol singers were playing and singing Christmas tunes and carols at Dunster by Candlelight in West Somerset last weekend]]></description>
		<link>http://folk.hopcott.net/2008/12/christmas-folk-musicians-folk-music-and-christmas-carols-at-dunster-by-candlelight-west-somerset/</link>
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		<title>Online writing tips - write online books not just web pages or blog posts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My online writing tip for today is treat your blogs or online writing as if they were books and ensure there is a central theme and clear structure]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/12/online-writing-tips-write-online-books-not-just-web-pages-or-blog-posts/</link>
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		<title>Wood carving and wood sculpting at Dunster by Candlelight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wood carving and wood sculpture craft demonstrated live by a wood craftsman sculpting last weekend at Dunster by Candlelight in West Somerset]]></description>
		<link>http://carving.hopcott.net/2008/12/wood-carving-and-wood-sculpting-at-dunster-by-candlelight/</link>
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		<title>Monday - Friday room only accommodation bargain hotel deals at Newpoint Hotel, Southbourne, Bournemouth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bournemouth cheap discount budget hotel offers with room only accommodation at Newpoint Hotel Monday to Friday from £15 per person per night]]></description>
		<link>http://hotels.hopcott.net/2008/12/monday-friday-room-only-accommodation-bargain-hotel-deals-at-newpoint-hotel-southbourne-bournemouth/</link>
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		<title>Carol singers singing Christmas carols at Dunster by Candlelight 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carol singers were singing Christmas carols in the Dunster Yarn Market during Dunster by Candlelight celebrations last weekend in West Somerset UK]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/12/carol-singers-singing-christmas-carols-at-dunster-by-candlelight-2008/</link>
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		<title>Online fiction writing and online publishing success through selection and positioning of appropriate keywords</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your excellent short fiction story or stories are more likely to be read with appropriate keywords in your blog title, blog body and blog tags.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/12/online-fiction-writing-and-online-publishing-success-through-selection-and-positioning-of-appropriate-keywords/</link>
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		<title>Online writing revenues through advertising, like conventional publishing, ultimately depend on getting well known</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earning small amounts of money from online writing advertising is easy but substantial incomes require getting known as in conventional publishing]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/12/online-writing-success-through-advertising-like-conventional-publishing-ultimately-depends-on-getting-well-known/</link>
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		<title>Ideas for writing and new romantic relationships, love and marriage in your work place</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our work place is a rich source of ideas for writing as well as for finding new loves, romantic relationships and marriage or lifetime partners]]></description>
		<link>http://news.hopcott.net/2008/12/ideas-for-writing-and-new-romantic-relationships-love-and-marriage-in-your-work-place/</link>
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		<title>Ideas for writing from just gossiping with your friends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your friends carry a basket load of stories and ideas for writing with them and, pressing the right button, can release  their stories to you.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/12/ideas-for-writing-from-just-gossiping-with-your-friends/</link>
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		<title>Ideas for writing often come from sleeping and dreams but a notebook by the bed is vital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A powerful weapon to help me sleep and to ensure that bedtime creative dream-state ideas for writing are remembered - is my writer's notebook.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/12/ideas-for-writing-often-come-from-sleeping-and-dreams-but-a-notebook-by-the-bed-is-vital/</link>
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		<title>Christmas gift ideas - garden bird feeders are great Christmas presents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Among the best Christmas gift ideas is the bird feeder I bought my wife for a Christmas present. She's had hours of fun watching the birds.]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/12/christmas-gift-ideas-garden-bird-feeders-are-great-christmas-presents/</link>
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		<title>Ideas for writing from observing relationships at your school or college</title>
		<description><![CDATA[School or college are fantastic places to get ideas for writing because they are places of high emotion where all sorts of people meet and interact]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/12/ideas-for-writing-from-observing-relationships-at-your-school-or-college/</link>
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		<title>Swanage, Dorset Lifeboat Crews Scrapbook blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the rain pours and wind howls outside, I sometimes think about the brave lifeboat crews as I sit comfortably on my sofa with a glass of wine.]]></description>
		<link>http://bloggingdorsetblogs.com/2008/12/03/swanage-dorset-lifeboat-crews-scrapbook/</link>
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		<title>Story writing for a creative writer is like surfing the waves and going with the flow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Story writing is an amazingly addictive, compulsive activity. It would  probably be banned, if it harmed people. A new short story yells at me]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/12/story-writing-for-a-creative-writer-is-like-surfing-the-waves-and-going-with-the-flow/</link>
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		<title>Ideas for writing powered by knowing your creative self, recreation and personal reflection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ideas for writing often depend on knowing your creative self and those activities that open your creative sluice-gates to a stream of creativity.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/12/ideas-for-writing-powered-by-knowing-your-creative-self-recreation-and-personal-reflection/</link>
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		<title>Ideal campervan offers low cost full-time executive travel and living accommodation module for one</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My ideal campervan offers full-time executive travel and living accommodation for one, maximising work effectiveness and minimising running costs.]]></description>
		<link>http://campervan.hopcott.net/2008/12/ideal-campervan-offers-low-cost-full-time-executive-travel-and-living-accommodation-module-for-one/</link>
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		<title>Wessex Folk Festival clashes with Weymouth D Day Anniversary celebrations 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a busy weekend it will be in Weymouth, Dorset on the weekend beginning Friday 5th June 2009!Not only will the Wessex Folk Festival 2009 be rocking and a reeling around Hope Square, Weymouth but celebrations to mark the 65th anniversary of D Day  w...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wessexfolkfestival.com/2008/12/wessex-folk-festival-clashes-with.html</link>
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		<title>Christmas Folk Music Session at Milborne St Andrew Sports Club, Dorset on Friday 19th December 2008 at 8pm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The date for the Ranters next folk club meeting over at Milborne St Andrew, Dorset is in following their successful meet-up last month and I am happy to pass it on for those in Dorset who like a good sing around and folk tune.Roger Harrall says it all ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.folkmusicfestivalsandsessions.com/2008/12/christmas-folk-music-session-at.html</link>
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		<title>Ideas for writing from reading nonfiction, altered points of view and the human face of factual information</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ideas for writing generated by reading nonfiction are frequently stimulated by altered points of view and unrelated to the nonfiction topic.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/12/ideas-for-writing-from-reading-nonfiction-altered-points-of-view-and-the-human-face-of-factual-information/</link>
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		<title>Ideas for writing, reading for writing and the golden two hours writers rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ideas for writing surface as soon as I start reading a short story or novel and reading for two hours a day is recommended to  all writers.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/ideas-for-writing-reading-for-writing-and-the-golden-two-hours-writers-rule/</link>
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		<title>Ideas for writing while in public places, some recommended but others not, unless you are in the SAS.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Public spaces, although not without danger, are a wonderful provider of ideas for writing because they are a place where so many stories intersect.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/ideas-for-writing-while-in-public-places-some-recommended-but-others-not-unless-you-are-in-the-sas/</link>
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		<title>Time &#8230; But not as we know it &#8230; A short story by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Either I'm going crazy or the Universe is!This morning, in the shower, whilst using my  shampoo, I was surprised to find that my hair seemed unusually abundant.My tendency to baldness appeared to have been reversed overnight."You're going daft or senil...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onlineshortstory.com/2008/11/time-but-not-as-we-know-it-short-story.html</link>
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		<title>Ideas for writing listening to classical music - a personal viewpoint from Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of my best ideas for writing fiction, articles, short stories, flash fictions, novels and novellas come to me while listening to music.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/ideas-for-writing-listening-to-classical-music-a-personal-viewpoint-from-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Ideas for writing - home life family skeletons and exciting soap story opportunities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ideas for writing can be hidden in your home life - all it might take is a little bit of research and imaginative use of any skeletons revealed]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/ideas-for-writing-create-exciting-soap-stories-from-skeletons-imagined-or-revealed-in-your-home-life/</link>
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		<title>Ideas for writing from strong feelings such as anger, depression, sadness, love and romance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ideas for writing can often be found in situations that promote strong feelings such as anger, depression, sadness, bereavement, love and romance.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/ideas-for-writing-from-strong-feelings-such-as-anger-depression-sadness-love-and-romance/</link>
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		<title>Ideas for writing - try Ambitions, Dreams and the power of ‘What if?’ by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ideas for writing your ultimate short story, novel or novella might flow from revealing your innermost dreams and ambitions - then asking 'What if?']]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/ideas-for-writing-try-ambitions-dreams-and-the-power-of-what-if-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Punishment stories or 500 lashes for a banker by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In these credit crunch times when the World's bankers have let us all down so disastrously and caused us so much pain, punishment stories about bankers getting back some of the pain might make quite a few of us feel a bit better.]]></description>
		<link>http://stories.hopcott.net/2008/11/punishment-stories-or-500-lashes-for-a-banker-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Hotel Christmas breaks and parties could lead to new friendship, love, marriage and even a new families</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hotel Christmas breaks are ideal with those who share your interests and hobbies or who are seeking new relationships, love or marriage and even new families.]]></description>
		<link>http://hotels.hopcott.net/2008/11/hotel-christmas-breaks-and-parties-could-lead-to-new-friendship-love-marriage-and-even-a-new-families/</link>
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		<title>My Christmas stocking wish list for Father Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What would you like Father Christmas to put in your Christmas stocking this year, if you could really choose anything?]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/11/my-christmas-stocking-wish-list-for-father-christmas/</link>
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		<title>A new writing desk helped me reach my creative writing zone again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new writing desk might help you reach that creative zone which is so enjoyable and productive for the professional writer.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/a-new-writing-desk-helped-me-reach-my-creative-zone-again/</link>
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		<title>Utopia stories about hypnosis and human kindness by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this flash fiction Utopian story, whilst our hero is preparing a PhD paper on hypnosis, he discovers a word that acts immediately to make human beings completely suggestible.]]></description>
		<link>http://stories.hopcott.net/2008/11/utopia-stories-of-human-kindness-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Fiction stories we read fuel and free our imaginations better than film or television says Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fiction stories we read are fuel for our imaginations and enable us to dream because, unlike films and television a fiction story we read is interpreted by each of us essentially differently. We each of us import our own experiences, feelings, views and hopes into our own story so it is completely unique.]]></description>
		<link>http://stories.hopcott.net/2008/11/fiction-stories-we-read-are-fuel-for-our-imaginations-says-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Bournemouth December weekend cheap discount budget hotel offers and deals at Newpoint Hotel B&#38;B</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for cheap hotel deals, hotel offers, a discount hotel or budget hotel to stay in Bournemouth, Dorset for a weekend short break beginning Friday 12th December or Friday 19th December 2008, I reckon my prices at Newpoint Hotel bed and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bedandbreakfastsouthbourne.com/2008/11/bournemouth-december-weekend-cheap.html</link>
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		<title>Christmas crafts and an old fashioned do-it-yourself (DIY) Christmas by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A small craft ornament my eldest daughter once made to put on my writing desk many years ago still stands there in all its glory as a mark of her affection for me - and I love it.]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/11/christmas-crafts-and-an-old-fashioned-do-it-yourself-diy-christmas-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Writing novels is mainly about beginning your novel and then fighting your way through to the end</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing novels is like giving birth to a child. Once born, it is always there. Great or not, your novel assumes a life of its own. The characters exist where they didn't exist before. The locations where the characters lived and the action took place exist. The novel has a form and character of its own. It is unique and it is all yours.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/writing-novels-is-mainly-about-beginning-your-novel-and-then-fighting-your-way-through-to-the-end/</link>
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		<title>Chrismas story for 2008 ‘A Green Car for Christmas’ by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every Christmas I write a Christmas short story for all my friends around the world. It is my excuse for not sending out Christmas cards and it has now become quite a tradition amongst my many friends.]]></description>
		<link>http://stories.hopcott.net/2008/11/chrismas-story-for-2008-a-green-car-for-christmas-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Online story writing makes you feel wonderful says Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Online story writing is a wonderful opportunity offered by the growth of the Internet. Just writing a story that feels right is a pleasure but setting it up as an online story for everybody to read makes all the effort so much more worthwhile.]]></description>
		<link>http://stories.hopcott.net/2008/11/online-story-writing-makes-me-feel-wonderful-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>A Green Car for Christmas - Rob Hopcott&#8217;s Christmas story for 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the car parked next to me drew away without a sound, I was startled and did a double take which was noticed by its driver who  gave me a broad smile suggesting he was proud of his silently moving motor vehicle and pleased it had drawn attention.It...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.onlineflashfiction.com/2008/11/green-car-for-christmas-by-rob-hopcott.html</link>
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		<title>Bournemouth December weekend cheap discount budget hotel deals and offers at Newpoint Hotel B &#38; B</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for cheap hotel deals, hotel offers, a discount hotel or budget hotel to stay in at Bournemouth in Dorset for a weekend short break beginning Friday 12th December or Friday 19th December 2008, my sister-in-law reckons her prices are unbeatable at her small family run B &#38; B.]]></description>
		<link>http://hotels.hopcott.net/2008/11/bournemouth-december-weekend-cheap-discount-budget-hotel-deals-and-offers-at-newpoint-hotel-b-b/</link>
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		<title>Vampire stories and ‘The Unwilling Vampire’ short story by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is something exciting, intriguing and scary about vampires. Perhaps it is the idea of something creeping into your bedroom at night, slipping under the covers, snuggling up and then sinking teeth into your soft unprotected skin.]]></description>
		<link>http://stories.hopcott.net/2008/11/vampire-stories-and-the-unwilling-vampire-short-story-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Writing services by Stone Age brains using speed of light technology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an online writer, my writng services income is very much geared to the number of articles I write. The more I provide my writing services to the Internet community, the more money I make through readers who are attracted to my site but the quantity of articles and stories is limited by my Stone Age brain to the number I can get out in one day.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/writing-services-by-stone-age-brains-using-speed-of-light-technology/</link>
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		<title>Hotel short stories and micro-fiction stories by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is something very special about hotels. They are a place where people meet, sometimes for life-changing business, sometimes for romance or sometimes because they are in transit to a new life - so many interesting stories to tell!]]></description>
		<link>http://stories.hopcott.net/2008/11/hotel-short-stories-and-micro-fiction-stories-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Christmas family get togethers helped by cheap discount hotel deals and budget B &#38; B offers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christmas family get togethers helped by cheap discount hotel deals and budget B &#38; B offers at Newpoint Hotel bed and breakfast, Southbourne, Bournemouth]]></description>
		<link>http://hotels.hopcott.net/2008/11/christmas-family-get-togethers-helped-by-cheap-discount-hotel-deals-and-budget-b-b-offers/</link>
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		<title>Writing help from reading by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The best writing help I know is reading. It refreshes my mind, it stimulates my imagination and it incentivises me to write better and compete with the writing I have just read.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/writing-help-from-reading-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Christmas gift giving in Three Christmas Lovers by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marianne set her three lovers a Christmas gift challenge. They each had to give her a Christmas gift or present and then she would then choose which of her three lovers to marry.]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/11/christmas-gift-giving-in-three-christmas-lovers-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Ranters Folk Session at Milborne St Andrew, Dorset</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I've just heard from Roger Harrall that their next Rant Folk Session will be at Milborne St Andrew Sports Club on Friday 21st November at 8pm.    (3rd Friday)Roger says'Come along and play a tune, sing a song, tell a story, recite a poem or just sit an...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.folkmusicfestivalsandsessions.com/2008/11/ranters-folk-session-at-milborne-st.html</link>
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		<title>Christmas Day and Christmas excesses - what’s the alternative?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is strange how prescribed is Christmas Day and how little choice most of us have in the form it will take. It is a day that is intensely traditional in most families and perhaps that is why there are so many Christmas arguments.]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/11/christmas-day-and-christmas-excesses-whats-the-alternative/</link>
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		<title>Story time with Rob Hopcott and his fictional friends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tom, who appears almost as ancient as the old wooden beams that hold up the ceiling and frame the open wooden fire, is the custodian of this chair and issues the invitations to visitors and locals that it is story time - an invitation they all fear.]]></description>
		<link>http://stories.hopcott.net/2008/11/story-time-with-rob-hopcott-and-his-fictional-friends/</link>
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		<title>Writing website recommendations by online author Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So my top tip for getting a writing website is to get a blog - I use them all the time They are ideal for talking to your public, they are easy to update and the search engines generally index them well and quickly.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/writing-website-recommendations-by-online-author-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>December and Christmas hotel deals at Newpoint Hotel B &#38; B, Southbourne, Bournemouth for family get-togethers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November's Newpoint Hotel deals were so successful with lots of people taking advantage of our special offers and weekend hotel breaks so I've decided to extend all our cheap hotel discount offers into December 2008.]]></description>
		<link>http://southbournebedandbreakfast.com/2008/11/17/december-and-christmas-hotel-deals-at-newpoint-hotel-b-b-southbourne-bournemouth/</link>
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		<title>Christmas celebrations - countryside walks or alcoholic drink binges?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why is it, when we talk about having Christmas celebrations, we immediately assume we are going to drink enormous quantities of alcohol?]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/11/christmas-celebrations-countryside-walks-or-alcoholic-drink-binges/</link>
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		<title>Horror stories to chill the bones by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Horror stories to me are not about blood and gore but instead are about the sudden surprise that chills the bones.]]></description>
		<link>http://stories.hopcott.net/2008/11/horror-stories-to-chill-the-bones-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Songwriting contest and competition with a maritime themed for Wessex Folk Festival 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The details of the  maritime themed songwriting contest and competition for the Wessex Folk Festival 2009 announced recently have now been finalised.1.) You need to record the song (tape, CD or mini disc are OK).2.) Whichever way you choose, the entry ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.wessexfolkfestival.com/2008/11/songwriting-contest-and-competition.html</link>
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		<title>Cheap room only hotel accommodation deals cut relocation research costs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The answer to your relocation research cheap hotel requirements may lie in room only accommodation. This is where you only pay for the room and make your own eating arrangements. ]]></description>
		<link>http://hotels.hopcott.net/2008/11/cheap-room-only-hotel-accommodation-deals-cut-relocation-research-costs/</link>
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		<title>Novel writing - a scary emotional roller-coaster but success wins you a friend for life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Novel writing - a scary emotional roller-coaster but success wins you a friend for life]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/novel-writing-a-scary-emotional-roller-coaster-but-success-wins-you-a-friend-for-life/</link>
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		<title>Christmas songs - traditional carols or songs about humanity? Is it time to choose?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Naturally, at Christmas there are popular Christmas songs that do not have a religious theme, and some of them are very good. These concentrate on togetherness, friendship and the humanity of man to man and appeal to me much more.]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/11/christmas-songs-traditional-carols-or-songs-about-humanity-is-it-time-to-choose/</link>
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		<title>Love stories about lost love and yearnings are my favourite short stories and flash fictions by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For me, love stories are fundamentally different to romance stories. Love can be for a child, a father, a mother or a friend and sometimes these are the most powerful of emotions.]]></description>
		<link>http://stories.hopcott.net/2008/11/love-stories-about-lost-love-and-yearnings-are-my-favourite-short-stories-and-flash-fictions-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Bournemouth hotel deals - double room only weekend break from £30 per room per night November 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Bournemouth hotel deal for a double or twin room weekend break with room only accommodation at Newpoint Hotel, Southbourne  works out at only £30 per room per night during November 2008 weekends.]]></description>
		<link>http://hotels.hopcott.net/2008/11/bournemouth-hotel-deals-double-room-only-weekend-break-from-30-per-room-per-night-november-2008/</link>
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		<title>Fiction writing rewards better than articles says Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fiction writing offers much greater rewards than article writing for me because it lets my mind dream which I suspect is a common need for many writers.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/fiction-writing-rewards-better-than-articles-says-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Bournemouth weekend getaway breaks November 2008 room only prices plummet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prices in Bournemouth for cheap room only hotel accommodation hit new affordable levels on the back of the credit crunch with room only weekend prices at Newpoint Hotel as low as £15 per person per night.]]></description>
		<link>http://hotels.hopcott.net/2008/11/bournemouth-weekend-getaway-breaks-november-2008-room-only-prices-plummet/</link>
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		<title>Christmas gifts, buying gifts and the gift of time by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Giving and receiving Christmas gifts is a wonderful way to make Christmas special and to promote the goodwill that is the hallmark of Christmas.]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/11/christmas-gifts-buying-gifts-and-the-gift-of-time-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Ghost stories and the weird, strange and unexpected by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I quite like humorous ghost stories. In Ghosthouses - a short ghostly story about a real estate agency for ghosts by Rob Hopcott, George finds he is unexpectedly deceased and needs to find somewhere to haunt.]]></description>
		<link>http://stories.hopcott.net/2008/11/ghost-stories-and-the-weird-strange-and-unexpected-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Writing software that provides speech recognition assists my writing productivity by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The writing software that works for me is my speech recognition software, also called voice recognition software. It is particularly useful for doing my first drafts rapidly.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/writing-software-that-works-for-me-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Campervan motorhome laptop electric power from solar panels?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The big question today is whether solar panels are viable for running my laptop in my campervan. Yesterday, there was a programme on television about power generators and a solar panel was claimed to be sufficient for running a laptop. Whether that included a dull day in Winter onExmoor, I don't know.]]></description>
		<link>http://campervan.hopcott.net/2008/11/campervan-motorhome-electrical-power-from-solar-panels/</link>
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		<title>Short story genres that intrigue by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love a good short story. The title grabs your attention. The first line draws you in and the characters look really interesting. Before I know where I am, I find myself at the end of the short story feeling great. Who wouldn't like a good short story?]]></description>
		<link>http://stories.hopcott.net/2008/11/short-story-genres-that-intrigue-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Christmas decorations, craft, woodland spirits and family arguments by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christmas decorations date back hundreds of years to the days when people brought plant life from the surrounding countryside in which they believed dwelt woodlands spirits.]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/11/christmas-decorations-craft-woodland-spirits-and-family-arguments-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Bournemouth painter decorater rates tumble to £7 an hour for professional painting and decorating tradesman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was talking to my brother today and he tells me that the Credit Crunch has bitten so deeply now that he is offering rates for his Bournemouth painting and decorating services of as little as £7 an hour.
Since he is a highly experienced, hard working and able professional painter decorator, it shows the poor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bloggingdorsetblogs.com/2008/11/11/bournemouth-painter-decorater-rates-tumble-to-7-an-hour-for-professional-painting-and-decorating-tradesman/</link>
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		<title>Free writing using speech recognition software works for me says Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Free writing is a technique where selected words or phrases are taken at random and then sentences are constructed around these words with as little time as possible to think about the sentences.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/free-writing-using-speech-recognition-software-works-for-me-says-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Christmas cards - online, ecological or crafty? You decide.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Christmas card industry is very talented with many humorous Christmas cards and artistic Christmas cards together with the usual ones featuring pictures of chocolate box houses with snow on the thatch.]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/11/christmas-cards-online-ecological-or-crafty-you-decide/</link>
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		<title>Funny stories are fun to write says Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Funny stories are great fun to write and I have enjoyed many hours with tears streaming down my cheeks curled up in my chair when writing a funny short story, flash fiction or article.]]></description>
		<link>http://stories.hopcott.net/2008/11/funny-stories-are-fun-to-write-says-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Second hand Nu Rio campervan motorhome had insufficient head height … Ouch!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The salesman opened the rear door and, full of excitement and enthusiasm, I leaped in ... Ouch! I'd banged my head on the roof! I'm only six foot tall plus a bit added by my boots but it was enough. The only bit of the second hand Nu Rio I could stand upright in was under the skylight.]]></description>
		<link>http://campervan.hopcott.net/2008/11/second-hand-nu-rio-had-insufficient-head-height-ouch/</link>
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		<title>Christmas tree - artificial or natural Christmas trees are best?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christmas trees come in lots of different varieties. Some people prefer artificial Christmas trees that can be taken out of the garage each year and reused. We prefer to have the natural variety of Christmas tree and to buy a new one each year which is more expensive but we like to bring a bit of nature in from the cold.]]></description>
		<link>http://christmas.hopcott.net/2008/11/christmas-tree-artificial-or-natural-christmas-trees-are-best/</link>
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		<title>Writing tips - how to write stories with a twist in the tale by Rob Hopcott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my best writing tips is about how to make the writing of stories with a twist in the tale easier. A twist in the tail of your story is one of the easiest ways of making it satisfying for the reader.]]></description>
		<link>http://writing.hopcott.net/2008/11/writing-tips-how-to-write-stories-with-a-twist-in-the-tale-by-rob-hopcott/</link>
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		<title>Perfect campervan motorhome spotted at Bampton folk festival ‘After the fair, North Devon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For a long time I've been looking for a campervan that was just right for me. It needed to be small a agile in traffic, economic on the fuel to suit my tiny writer's pockets yet large enough so I don't have to make the bed up at the end of the day and sleep with my legs bent at the knees.]]></description>
		<link>http://campervan.hopcott.net/2008/11/perfect-campervan-spotted-at-bampton-folk-festival-after-the-fair-north-devon/</link>
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