England Travel Ideas
Offering sweeping views of the Derby Dales, exciting viaducts and tunnels, interesting history and excellent food options, the Monsal Trail really is the perfect family bike ride! The Monsal Trail Continue Reading →
This Spring or Summer spend a golden afternoon with in Oxford, discovering the magical world of Alice in Wonderland and Lewis Carroll with the Mad Hatter Oxford. Where else to Continue Reading →
Leeds Castle is self-described as “the loveliest castle in the world”, which is a big call, but it is certainly a beautiful day out in all seasons. There’s just something Continue Reading →
We had a fabulous active week in the Lake District this summer. Whether you are camping, staying in a B&B or a cottage or a hotel, there are so many fun Continue Reading →
The South Downs Way is a long distance hiking path in the United Kingdom that runs from the historic town of Winchester to the seaside resort of Eastbourne. Along the Continue Reading →
When new flowers, leaves and greenery start exploding into life it’s time to get out of the city and into south west England’s most bountiful areas to enjoy the season’s Continue Reading →
Connections with great literature are rife in Oxford, and make for a wonderful theme to base your exploration of this beautiful city with its golden stone facades and historic ‘dreaming Continue Reading →
By the title above I mean a guide to watching Morris Dancing rather than actually dancing! Have you heard of this strange English practice? The first time I saw Morris Dancing Continue Reading →
When the bluebells are at their peak flowering season, the air is heavy with perfume and the sight of massed flowers is heavenly – here are the top 5 places Continue Reading →
I do love a good island holiday and the Isle of Wight off the south coast of Britain is an easy voyage. There are many Isle of Wight attractions but here Continue Reading →
I have always wanted to see Hadrian’s Wall, in fact I harbour an ambition of walking the entire length of it one day. I loved reading Rosemary Sutcliffe’s novels when Continue Reading →
This summer I finally did something I had been thinking of for years, I took my child on the train to the beach. Southend-on-Sea is only an hour’s journey by Continue Reading →
Last year when I visited England’s Peak District it was too windy to walk on the tops so this year I was thrilled to be able to walk the famous Continue Reading →
The geography geeks among you may like to know that Mersea Island is the most easterly inhabited island in the United Kingdom. It’s a lovely day trip from London, through Continue Reading →
Just outside London, at the edge of a school playing field in Rickmansworth, a great hulking, undulating roofline rises above a clutch of trees. There’s a cacophony of tapping and Continue Reading →
I have to begin by saying that the tag ‘Yorkshire 3 peaks’ is a bit misleading. English mountains are more like hills than peaks. The Three Peaks in Yorkshire – Continue Reading →
I visited the Wiltshire village of Lacock as part of a day tour from London that also featured visiting Bath and getting up close and personal with the sarsen pillars Continue Reading →
The only reason I usually get up at daft-o’clock in the morning is when I am going to climb a mountain. Not to sit on a coach for two hours heading Continue Reading →
Is there any author who more obviously makes you think of London than Charles Dickens? He knew London like the back of his hand, spending many a night walking the Continue Reading →
In north-east Derbyshire, at the edge of the Peak District, a series of three reservoirs in the Upper Derwent Valley provide not only water for much of the county but Continue Reading →