One of the delights of walking footpaths in England. They go through some unexpected places! I have been rather busy with the new house...

The Church of St. Mary, Donyatt To the village Today I walked a section of the Chard to Bridgwater National Cycleway, a 32-mile cycleway...

Norwich Castle and Cathedral Although Norwich is quite small by modern standards (it has a population of less than 150,000), it was the...

Although the village does get swamped by holidaymakers in the summer, Polperro is everyone’s idea of a Cornish fishing village, with its...

Lincoln Cathedral on its hill If you were to ask any visitor to name an English city with a magnificent cathedral, castle remains,...

The iconic bar-and-circle 'roundel' logo used by London Underground Sunday was an important anniversary for the London Underground, the...

Burgh Island A few weeks ago, I did a Blog about Lindisfarne, a small island off the Northumbrian coast. Britain has more than 6000...

Traditional canal narrowboats Photo: Courtesy of public domain The UK has more than 4700 miles of navigable canal and river, most of them...

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...

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...

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...

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

King Alfred - A Victorian representation Photo: Public photo Perhaps not a car park in King Alfred’s case, but it is possible that the...

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

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

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

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...