{"id":7330,"date":"2026-07-23T23:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=7330"},"modified":"2026-07-26T16:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T15:37:04","slug":"journey-to-the-west-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/?p=7330","title":{"rendered":"Journey To The West, Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike part one, I took a taxi to the station from Stately Link Manor, because I really didn&#8217;t want to take yet another bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_20260723_1241106155661619409386444294-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/craigblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/img_20260723_1241106155661619409386444294-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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