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...

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 enjo...

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 tim...

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

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

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 som...