Even 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...

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 ...

Clunton and Clunbury, Clungunford and Clun, Are the quietest places Under the sun… A E Housman’s poem perfectly captures what I particula...

This year is the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, one of truly the seminal moments in British history, where the outcome of the...

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...

Few of us are not acquainted with the books of Jane Austen. After 200 years they are still immensely popular, and people remain fascinate...

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...

In the village of Fishbourne, near the cathedral city of Chichester (the Roman city of Noviomagus Reginorum) in Sussex, stands the larges...

Throughout Southern England there are dozens of hillforts and one of the most dramatic is that of Cadbury Castle in Somerset, located a f...

In the little village of Athelhampton in Dorset, on the banks of the River Piddle, is Athelhampton Hall, one of England’s finest Tudor Ma...

Britain was an important province within the Roman Empire and there are many well-known Roman sites, familiar to visitors, but there are ...

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...

Photo: Swaledale Swaledale and Wensleydale are two valleys on the east of the Pennines, in the area known as the Yorkshire Dales. Swaleda...

In 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...

Country 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...

A 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...

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...

York Minster Certainly, one of my favourite cities in Britain, York is one of the best-preserved medieval cities in England, a city that ...

The Roman Bath House, with the Gothic Bath Abbey in the background While Britain doesn’t have Roman sites that are as large and magnifice...

In the middle of the 12th C began a new style that took architecture to new levels of sophistication. Together with an unknown master mas...