Darlingon - A Place Far From London!
Darlington, about 2.5 hours by train from London, once was a great city with the most vibrant market in Northern England, and ... the cheapest pub in the country where pint of beer was £0.70, whilst the average price in England was £2! I would not put Dar... more - travel report by
krisek
Edinburgh – and Rugby (work out the connection)
My son had arranged a weekend in Edinburgh with some fellow Rugby League enthusiasts. I shall give a brief description of the main differences between the two forms of Rugby in a later section but one strange fact is that Rugby League has no major followi... more - travel report by
davidx
Fine centre for Snowdonia, Lleyn and Anglessey
Pentir is a tiny village and the accommodation section will be the only one actually dealing with anything about it but the whole report is based on a stay there. What triggered our visit was a suggestion from our middle son's gf who has known the owners... more - travel report by
davidx
Brighton still knows how to party. At what cost?
For decades, if not centuries, Brighton has enjoyed the status of England's prime seaside resort and and the number one beach destination for the Londoners. Trains from London take about an hour to reach Brighton, which is not longer than to get from one... more - travel report by
krisek
Where Cadfael meets Charles Darwin
With the River Severn forming a peninsula, the heights on which Shrewsbury is found, was a obvious place to build a strong fort. As with many ancient strongholds, there is no exact date of founding, but it is believed that Shrewsbury was founded around 80... more - travel report by
terje
A trip into history
Warwick is a small town with a population of around 25 thousand; it is full of some wonderful medieval buildings including Warwick Castle, the Guildhall (now the Lord Leycester Hospital), as well as a group of wonderfully maintained timber framed building... more - travel report by
mistybleu
Chester – just a day out.
I was surprised to find that there were no reports on Chester here as it is a very popular city and one with some rave reports on other sites. Hence I am drawn to write something, although I’ve only ever been twice for a few hours each time and therefore... more - travel report by
davidx
Coigach and the Summer Isles
Coigach is a region of Scotland in the far north-west between Ullapool and Locherbie. The western part of the area contains a great bay stretching from south of Achiltibuie, through this metropolis itself [100 or so population] and the lesser villages of... more - travel report by
davidx
The historic Cinque Port of Hythe
My association with Hythe is a nostalgic one as it is where I used to go on family holidays when I was a child. Each year we would pack ourselves into my father's car and head down to the coast. I had an Aunt who lived there and for two weeks of the year... more - travel report by
st.vincent
South Coast of ‘West, West Cornwall’
Some of the allocation of places into my two reports of ‘West West Cornwall,’ these being this one and Saint Just, will be pretty arbitrary and, if you’re interested in the area, you could do worse than look at them all. The term ‘West, West Cornwall’ is... more - travel report by
davidx
