Read my St Alban’s travel logue. You will find Southampton eighty miles southwest of London in the country of Hampshire. It has a simple etymology. Ham is… Read more “14/04/25 Southampton day trip – a day of book exchanges, inaccessible waterfronts and the worst internet connectivity ever”
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31/03/25 St Alban’s – A Day of stroking cats, dressing up and a lack of corner shops
Read my Southend travelogue here. The 20th city on my list is the Hertfordshire city of St Albans which you will find twenty miles north-west of London.… Read more “31/03/25 St Alban’s – A Day of stroking cats, dressing up and a lack of corner shops”
17/03/25 – Southend Day Trip – A day of £7 fish and chips, heart-shaped poetry and the longest pleasure pier in the world
Read my Salisbury travelogue here. The nineteenth city on my list is the Essex city of Southend-Upon-Sea. You will find this city forty miles east of London.… Read more “17/03/25 – Southend Day Trip – A day of £7 fish and chips, heart-shaped poetry and the longest pleasure pier in the world”
Lincoln for the Day – a day of Paul Robeson statues, steep hills and Narnia themed pubs 27/01/25
Read my Portsmouth travel logue here. The seventeenth city that I am visiting is the East-midland city of Lincoln. The general idea is to visit these cities… Read more “Lincoln for the Day – a day of Paul Robeson statues, steep hills and Narnia themed pubs 27/01/25”
Portsmouth for the Day 21/12/24
Read about my Oxford trip here. 2024 is quickly coming to a close. But before it does, I wanted to squeeze in one final city. The city… Read more “Portsmouth for the Day 21/12/24”
Oxford for the day 04/11/2024
Read my Norwich Travelogue here The fifteenth city on my list is Oxford. Can you believe that I have never been to Oxford before? I’ve been… Read more “Oxford for the day 04/11/2024”
Milton Keynes for the day 17/08/24
Read my Hereford travel logue here. Can you believe it? I went three months between my Gloucester and Hereford trips, but only a week between Hereford and… Read more “Milton Keynes for the day 17/08/24”
Exeter for the Day 11/03/2024
Read my Ely travelogue here. It’s been a hot minute since I’ve done a city break, so let’s go to the ninth city on my list: Exeter.… Read more “Exeter for the Day 11/03/2024”
Ely for the day 08/12/23
Read my Doncaster travelogue here. My eighth city is the East Cambridgeshire city of Ely, seventy miles north of London. The etymology of Ely is uncertain. Some… Read more “Ely for the day 08/12/23”
The difference between England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom and the British Isles
What is the difference between England, Great Britain (GB), the United Kingdom (UK) and the British Isles? Aren’t they all the same thing? They’re not, but you’re… Read more “The difference between England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom and the British Isles”
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