Where to stay in London
Planning a long weekend in London? If you’re not familiar with the Big Smoke, then the process of booking accommodation can be confusing. Should you plump for the up-market west or the funky east? Is north better than south? Which neighbourhoods are the most inviting, and which are best avoided? If you’re struggling to find [...]
Blackpool
Reputed to be Britain’s most popular holiday resort, Blackpool is situated on the north-west coast of England; its coastline borders the Irish Sea. There is a lot to see and do in Blackpool. It’s one of those places that we used to go as children and is still a great place to visit now.
Scarborough
Known as the Queen of the Yorkshire Coast, on the East of England, south of Whitby and north of Filey, Scarborough has been a seaside resort for over three hundred years.
Mevagissey
On the south coast of Cornwall, almost due south of St Austell, is the pretty little fishing village of Mevagissey. A number of the buildings are still made of cob (lumps of soil mixed with straw and sand) and slate and the streets are narrow. Mevagissey is, in many ways, the same as it was [...]
Norwich
The county town of Norfolk, Norwich is situated close to the site of an old Roman town in an area of England known as East Anglia. There have been settlements of one sort or another in this area ever since. Although not of the same economic importance to the UK as it once was, Norwich [...]
Cromer
One of my favourite places in Norfolk is Cromer. It has both a pier and a lighthouse. Apparently, it’s not common for towns to have both, but I haven’t been able to find out why this is. The pier, at 500 feet long, is not the longest but it does boast its own theatre and [...]
The Eden Project and St Austell
St Austell can date its origins back to 1189 when it became a market town in its own right, having previously been under the jurisdiction of the local manor. On the south coast of Cornwall, between Mevagissey and Fowey, it is sometimes called the capital of the Cornish Alps – the remains of Cornish clay [...]
