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You could stay at any number of chain-branded hotels or duke it out for an Airbnb online, but in an area as rich with history and full of family-owned businesses as the Chippewa Valley, why not stay at one of the area’s B&Bs?. ....
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The Weather In mid January 1881 there was bitterly cold weather throughout Wales and southern England below the Humber. On the evening of Friday, January 14, temperatures reached minus 1 ° Fahrenheit (-18 ° C) in south Bucks. During Saturday January 15 to Monday 17 there were heavy frosts, and water froze. There were thousands of skaters on the London lakes on the Saturday, and also on the River Chess and Skottowes Pond in Chesham, the Grand Union Canal and the Thames at Marlow. The frost continued during Sunday, followed by a thaw. Then on Sunday night there was a bitter east wind. All through the night of Monday, January 17, and into the early morning of Tuesday, a violent gale blew, varying from north-east to south-east, which could be heard roaring amongst the houses during the night. ....
Stagecoaches on Christmas Cards Stagecoaches are often seen on Christmas cards. Typically they show a stagecoach charging along a snowy road, or a mail-coach bringing the town’s Christmas cards. History A stagecoach was a horse-drawn luxury carriage - so called because it travelled in stages. As well as stops, there were coaching inns, where the horses would be changed, and travellers could have a meal or drink. On longer journeys they might stay overnight. Old coaching inns in Amersham, Chesham and other towns can still be recognised by their archways, which allowed the coach and horses to pass through into the stable yard behind. When the stagecoach returned by the same route they would swap horses with the original ones. Prices varied: richer passengers could pay more to sit inside the coach, or you could pay less to sit atop the coach. ....