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Ben Parker

4 years

The toughest piece for me to write is in The Sunday Telegraph today. It comes from a place of much love and sadness. (The online version is here: )

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 months

📣 Some news to jump-start the second half of 2024... Tickled pink to share that, as of today, I've been promoted to travel editor at @Independent . Looking forward to continuing the work with an exceptional team (including our brilliant freelancers) 🎇

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

2 years

📣 Some professional news… Thrilled to share that at the end of the month I’m joining @Independent as Deputy Travel Editor. Can’t wait to get stuck in alongside the brilliant @LenniCoffey and @SimonCalder .

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Anyone else now MORE likely to order a @TommyBanks8 @MadeInOldstead food box? Can’t wait to get it through the Mail. 🙋🏻‍♂️

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Fa la la la la, la la fuck sake 🎄 #Christmas2020

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

I AM WILLING IF ANYTHING SIMILAR NEEDED IN THIS COUNTRY JUST HIT ME UP Belgians urged to eat frites twice a week to deplete coronavirus potato mountain

Belgians urged to eat frites twice a week to deplete coronavirus potato mountain

Unless Belgians have the appetite to tackle the problem, the chips are down for 750,000 tonnes of spuds

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

OH WOW. Gobsmacked to even be shortlisted.

Travel Media Awards

@travelmediawrds

3 years

Congratulations to our finalists for ‘Young Writer of the Year’ (1/2): Ben Parker, The Telegraph @benparker90 Georgia Stephens, The Times and The Sunday Times @stephens_GA Jessica Vincent, BBC Travel and The Independent @jessicagvincent

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Phwoar. Somebody’s had a rather fetching refresh... new-look @TelegraphTravel out today 📰❣️

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

I miss restaurants.

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

Silver (and being ‘young’) never felt so good 🏆 @AITOHQ

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Hey journalists, I’ve been playing quite a fun game today. It’s where you go to the FCO for comment and they send you to the DfT, and the DfT send you back to the FCO. And it goes on and on. But - spoilers - your deadline remains the same. Fun for none of the family.

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

I live for people arguing over the definition of 'staycation' in the comments section of my articles.

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

I present to you: the saddest in-flight meal I’ve ever been served. Seriously. What a shocker. Tell me your worst! I want to hear horror stories 💺🍽 potatoes and chicken(?) for the winner.

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

The Plymouth I found this week is not the Plymouth I had in my head, based on a visit years ago. Very pleased to have (re)discovered it...

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Off to Cornwall for a proper break. Walks, reading by the fire, pints in cosy pubs, cigars at sunset. No emails and no alarms. I may not return 🆒🆒🆒

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

A pleasure to bring back the cruise supplement today in @Telegraph . Thanks to @pennyswalker and @benross01 for working with me to get over the line, and to all the contributors who made it such a bold, brilliant edition. 🗞️🛳️

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

GOOD MORNING. An absolute joy to be waking up here #Dorset #travel

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

1 year

I'm looking to commission strong writers who know their onions when it comes to countries/cities in the Middle East – is that you (or do you know someone)? Let me know! #journorequest

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

Well, hot dog! 🤩 great news — and good luck to the other finalists @Greg_Dickinson @dromomaniac @lisaminot @lizjedwards @TRtravels @TravMedia_UK #TravMediaAwards

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

2 years

@iUsedToBeADuck Just have a lie in

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

For the cruise fans among you: Really encouraging words from @grantshapps today on the sector – which contributes £10bn to the UK economy – getting a 'green light' to resume sailing. Full story soon.

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

7 years

Now everything is official... beyond pleased to reveal that later this month I'm joining the @TelegraphTravel team in London 👍

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

I'm heading abroad for two weeks, and I'm taking my grandmother. A nice piece on intergenerational travel for @TelegraphTravel , I figured. I give it a few hours in her company before I revert from swashbuckling adult to... this 👶

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

Strong black coffee and a glass or two of champagne. The airport breakfast of champions.

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

1 year

The human brain is an amazing thing. The ability to remember what you've left at home as you're on the way to the airport – but when you're too far to turn back – is 👌

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

9 years

Ring ring, it's the #delicious phone for you @70s_party

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Oreos? Just bourbons for people who can’t accept real life.

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

8 years

This colourful little muash-up was created to pay homage to the unfading charm of Women's Weekly birthday #cake recipes @70s_party

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Popped into the office today for the first time in almost four months... what a fitting thing to find on top of my desk 📰🗞️

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

Of course gutted not to have won last night but an absolute honour to have been nominated. Huge congrats to those who took home an award 🏆 @travelmediawrds

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

Actually got asked this by a PR today: "Have you changed any of your features or work plans because of the coronavirus?" 😑

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

My brother paid £40 for PlayStation headsets on some dodgy website and instead they sent him this... 🤣🤣🤣 (milk and Frosties best before June 6, 2020)

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

you know where my desk is for celebration gin, doughnuts, what have you...

ResponseSource

@ResponseSource

5 years

. @BenParker90 moves up to content editor on the @TelegraphTravel team

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

7 years

Today I’ve been writing about #Pembrokeshire , and this snap is from the shore in #Tenby #travel

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

THE REVIEWS ARE IN! Birthday celebration is “a bit lockdown-y” but still “a corker” “Fine weather fails to improve mood of no longer being 20-something” Quantity of food and drink consumed “verges on being dangerous”

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

When you’re holding an exclusive for four years but then two come along at once... #Dorset ’s exciting new openings in the paper today 🗞

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

It’s this sort of story that inspires you to get into journalism.

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@JamesTurner37

4 years

This must be the top story of the day. One really must admire such fearless journalistic endeavour:

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

I’m not on @TelegraphTravel duty today but out wandering some very familiar spots. Here’s a candid by the coast, it’s a tad windy.

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

WOW I’ve found the car belonging to King of the Douchebags 👎👎👎👎👎

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

2 years

Officially boycotting croissants #itsnotcominghome

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

📢 Some personal news: Lord knows it's been a struggle but I've managed to beat my 'number of Jaffa Cakes eaten in one day' personal best. Thanks for all of your support. #workingfromhome

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Might book June 21-22 off work.

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

2 years

@_dariussimpson O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

Happily surprised to see I’ve made the shortlist for two awards here — feel like quite the turnip among #travel rockstars. Congrats to all and see you next month 🍾

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@AITOHQ

3 years

The shortlist for the (much delayed) 2020 AITO Travel Writer of the Year Awards has gone live! Congratulations and good luck to everyone nominated we're looking forward to seeing you on 9th November. View the full shortlist on our website here:

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

Sailing along England’s south coast 💙

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

Who needs a holiday abroad, eh? #Dorset ☔️🌊

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

A day of stupid weather ending with a very pretty sunset. Am I glad I decided to delay my return to London? I am. #Dorset

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

2 years

@AdamCSharp Your thread is a thing of beauty, Adam

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

Hope your NYE was as magical as this man’s night 🍻🌭

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Delicious.

Nigel Farage MP

@Nigel_Farage

4 years

The first polls are closing and I am absolutely optimistic.

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

In today’s @Telegraph : • ‘A voyage will be just the tonic for a year on hold’ 🛳📰 #cruise

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

I’ve found my new sanctuary. I may be some time #Dorset

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

Did you even go to the travel awards if you didn’t wear a dress like this..???? 🗺🌎🌍🌏 @telegraphtravel @kathylette #teletravelawards

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

7 years

My piece on the very cool foodie district that is the West End of #Glasgow for @TelegraphTravel #food #travel

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

“The day I became a Hebridean twitcher” in the paper today 📰 @TelegraphTravel Not sure what that means for my street cred but it’s a fun story about a gorgeous adventure across Scottish waters 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🛥🦅

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

8 years

Difficult writing about #Dorset when you don't spot that your Macbook changes Burton Bradstock to Burton Breadstick.

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

🚨♥️ SO IMPRESSED by my superstar little sister, who scored this absolute corker of a goal at the weekend. "Lionel Maisie" ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ @MaisieParker98 @ITLFC

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

Sources at the FCDO have told me that Covid-related advisories against non-essential #travel will be lifted soon for over 30 countries. Gambia, Bangladesh among them. The "start of a simplified system" that aligns with the red list, I'm told. @TelegraphTravel

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Missing out on supporting brilliant restaurants and bars as I’ve been self-isolating since Saturday but wishing you guys all the best. Lockdown 2.0 will be a nightmare but hoping to see you all on the other side - keep up the great work 🍽🍷🍸

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

Am I excited to be heading back to Australia next month? You’re damn right I am. 🇦🇺

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

6 years

My latest for @TelegraphTravel on a part of the world I know awfully well – and somewhere spot-on for a Great British getaway. Let's have a look at Burton Bradstock... #Dorset #travel #food 👀

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

It’s two years today since I joined @Telegraph ’s #travel desk @TelegraphTravel , ending years as a freelancer and giving up my working-from-home life. Yet here we are. Strange times. #workingfromhome

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

1 year

I went to #Liverpool , found a corker of a city, visited some great museums – and was told where to find the "best pub in the world". @Independent @IndyTravel

Liverpool is in the Eurovision spotlight – and it’s the UK’s best city break

The Merseyside city has a fresh, young vibe against the backdrop of its industrial heritage – Benjamin Parker explores why now’s the time to spend a weekend there

www.independent.co.uk

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Only went and had my first @Pret lunch in 160 days 🥪

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Went to the beach and it was GLORIOUS ☀️

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

OK are we in agreement that the Crunchie is among the worst chocolate bars? (cc @Emmabarnett )

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Replace social media influencer with complete twat and I think you’re just about there

Dorset Echo

@Dorsetecho

4 years

A social media influencer who graffitied cliffs at Durdle Door has apologised for her actions and set up monthly payments to a charity fundraiser to support beach cleans

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

To the writers I've commissioned: Are you putting in so many exclamation marks to annoy me? 😬

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

Just another reminder of how awful the UK is for a holiday 🙃 #Devon

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

And to the couple in front of me buying wine and three big packs of condoms, I say: RESPECT 👊🏻 #selfisolation #coronavirus #coronavirusuk

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

FUCK YES. Let’s go for a pint and then out for dinner 🍻🍽

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Sunrise from Portland 🌅 #Dorset @PennCastle

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

2 years

I've reviewed a lot of hotels in my career. But the one this weekend was something else... absolutely, chaotically, laughably bad, from a cocktail bar not serving cocktails to a £5 charge for ice in the room.

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

1 year

I suppose I just like discovering the lesser-known of the Greek islands… 🤷🏻‍♂️🇬🇷😉

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

Benny McBoatface #Rhodes #travel 🇬🇷

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

This was not the news the cruise industry was hoping for. The latest from me, with expert analysis from @shipmonk

Fresh blow for cruise industry as passenger on ship in the South Pacific tests positive

The latest case follows a significant outbreak on a Norwegian cruise ship

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

Settle down, turn up that smooooth jazz. Benny Parker guiding you into the afternoon this Traffic Light Day #travel

Telegraph Travel

@TelegraphTravel

3 years

It's traffic light 🚦day. The changes to look out for: Poss upgrades 🔴➡️🟠 Turkey, Pakistan, Maldives 🟠➡️🟢 Poland, Hungary Poss downgrades 🟢➡️🟠 Croatia, Madeira 🟠➡️🔴 Morocco, St Lucia, Jamaica All the latest with @BenParker90 on our live blog.

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 months

Just two pals talking travel @SimonCalder @Independent

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

At this stage my Tier 4 #Christmas fridge is essentially a mini wine and cheese shop 🍷🍾🥂🧀

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

8 years

The snaking shoreline of #Dorset at its radiant best #Swanage #travel #UK

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

“A see-through side set up the tantalising prospect of lying in bed with the celestial slow dance smouldering around us” 🗞📰 — something from me in the paper today #Norway #travel

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

A martini is a bloody nice drink isn’t it. 🍸

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

A day off and an awards ceremony to look forward to this evening. Not bad for a Monday. Will be great to see everyone later 😁

Travel Media Awards

@travelmediawrds

3 years

Today's the day, who's joining us tonight for the 2021 Travel Media Awards? #TMA2021

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

"A much-deserved thank you to the woman who helped shape me, and save me" 📝I wrote something a little more personal about #travel , my lovely grandmother and a cruise in SE Asia. Give it a read – if not for me, then for her (she's wonderful) 🙂 ➡️

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Smell ya later London, bound for the *sunny* West Country #Dorset

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Not ready to leave this for London so soon. To swap flip-flops for socks and shoes, trade coastal wanders for concrete monotony #Dorset

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

Yes travel is great etc etc but have you ever just spent days at home not seeing or really talking to anyone 👌🏼

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

A Realisation: Too much wine was consumed last night when the next day you discover a playlist you created at 1am – 14 songs, all Tracy Chapman's Baby Can I Hold You 🍷

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

7 years

I'm on my way to London but I'd rather be heading to #Ludlow ... ➡️

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Christmas has arrived in this Fulham flat🎄

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

Got my #Dorset hat on again 🤓 | The best family-friendly hotels in Dorset, from adventure playgrounds to fossil collecting 👀👀

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

What a relaxing and uneventful day. LOL. 🟠Amber list quarantine to be scrapped for double-vaccinated from July 19 @efeatherstone_ and I bringing you the latest #travel news, as it happens, right here:

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

One more night then I’ll be on my way back to London 😫 #Dorset

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

I had the exclusive first look at the revamped King's Arms in Dorchester @TelegraphTravel Ahead of my feature on Dorset in the paper tomorrow, here's my review:

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

5 years

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals 🎄🎄🎄 (jumper: ‘borrowed’ from @JoeNRussell five years ago, worn every Christmas Day; hat: model’s own)

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

3 years

Sunset from my last night at sea. G’morning all ⚓️

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

8 years

Got to stock up on the essentials when you're in #Dorset visiting @WashingpoolFarm

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Ben Parker

@BenParker90

4 years

I'm still looking for the best London bars and restaurants that opened in July, or are opening in August. BRAND NEW, not reopening. For a thing. Get in touch #journorequest 🍴

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