Travel with RoyJan 123 minThe London Underground – The World’s Oldest Metro SystemThe iconic bar-and-circle 'roundel' logo used by London Underground Sunday was an important anniversary for the London Underground, the w...
Travel with RoyDec 28, 20202 minBurgh Island - Agatha Christie's 'Soldier Island'Burgh Island A few weeks ago, I did a Blog about Lindisfarne, a small island off the Northumbrian coast. Britain has more than 6000 islan...
Travel with RoyNov 29, 20203 minThe Leeds and Liverpool - A Grand Canal!Traditional canal narrowboats Photo: Courtesy of public domain The UK has more than 4700 miles of navigable canal and river, most of them...
Travel with RoyNov 23, 20203 minLindisfarne - A Magic IslandEven though I live on an island, I still find something magical about visiting an island. And the smaller the island is and the more diff...
Travel with RoyNov 16, 20203 minExmoor – One of England’s Best Kept Secrets? Exmoor - a wild and beautiful place Photo: Courtesy of the the public domain England has 10 National Parks and of these Exmoor is one of ...
Travel with RoyNov 9, 20203 minClun – The Quietest Place Under the Sun?Clunton and Clunbury, Clungunford and Clun, Are the quietest places Under the sun… A E Housman’s poem perfectly captures what I particula...
Travel with RoyOct 31, 20204 minMiss Shilling's OrificeThis year is the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, one of truly the seminal moments in British history, where the outcome of the...
Travel with RoyOct 26, 20203 minFunny British Place Names – the Odd, Rude and Downright Silly This summer, Jodi and I have been searching for a new place to live and at one point we looked at a house in the village of Sixpenny Hand...
Travel with RoyOct 19, 20203 minBecoming Jane...Few of us are not acquainted with the books of Jane Austen. After 200 years they are still immensely popular, and people remain fascinate...
Travel with RoyOct 10, 20204 minWinchester - Another English King in a car park?King Alfred - A Victorian representation Photo: Public photo Perhaps not a car park in King Alfred’s case, but it is possible that the bo...
Travel with RoyOct 4, 20203 minFishbourne Roman PalaceIn the village of Fishbourne, near the cathedral city of Chichester (the Roman city of Noviomagus Reginorum) in Sussex, stands the larges...
Travel with RoySep 25, 20203 minCadbury Castle...King Arthur's Camelot?Throughout Southern England there are dozens of hillforts and one of the most dramatic is that of Cadbury Castle in Somerset, located a f...
Travel with RoySep 20, 20202 minAthelhampton Hall...Tudor Manor HouseIn the little village of Athelhampton in Dorset, on the banks of the River Piddle, is Athelhampton Hall, one of England’s finest Tudor Ma...
Travel with RoySep 13, 20203 minSilchester - A Roman TownBritain was an important province within the Roman Empire and there are many well-known Roman sites, familiar to visitors, but there are ...
Travel with RoySep 7, 20202 minFiddleford Manor...'a spectacular manor house'I have decided to focus for the next few weeks on sites closer to home and a few days ago I made a visit to Fiddleford Manor, which is le...
Travel with RoySep 3, 20204 minSwaledale and Wensleydale: the best of the Yorkshire DalesPhoto: Swaledale Swaledale and Wensleydale are two valleys on the east of the Pennines, in the area known as the Yorkshire Dales. Swaleda...
Travel with RoyAug 23, 20202 minEast Coker, SomersetIn a few weeks, if all goes to plan, Jodi and I will be moving to the little village of East Coker in Somerset. It is a quiet and peacefu...
Travel with RoyAug 16, 20203 minEnglish Country RoadsCountry Lane in Devon Like so many school children of my generation, I was required, while I was at both Junior and Senior school, to lea...
Travel with RoyAug 8, 20203 minThe Wye ValleyA misty Autumn morning on the River Wye The River Wye, the fifth longest river in the UK, rises in the Plynlimon Hills in mid Wales (the w...
Travel with RoyAug 2, 20202 minHay-on-Wye - The Town of Books!Hay on Wye Hay (as it is generally known) is a small market town in Wales, close to the English border. Its Welsh name is Y Gelli Gandryl...