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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Exmoor is an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England, which takes its name from the River Exe,...

The British do like their pubs and generally have a ‘local’ where they can relax, drink their beer (other tipples are available) and...

Sixty miles south of London, and a little more than 1.5 hours by train, is the city of Portsmouth. With a history going back to Roman...

Milton Abbas is a pretty village in Dorset, typical of so many villages in that part of England, with thatched houses, a pub,...

The term ‘black and white’ village refers to many old English villages, typically in the counties of the Welsh Marches, and in...

As I mentioned in an earlier FB post, I have been filling some of my time by daydreaming about trips I will take when life returns to...