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Ripon for the day – a Day of Newly-weds, impenetrable accents and feeding ducks 03/11/25

Read my Bradford travel logue here. The 29th city on my list is the North Yorkshire city of Ripon which you will find 213 miles north of… Read more “Ripon for the day – a Day of Newly-weds, impenetrable accents and feeding ducks 03/11/25”

Read my Wells travel logue here. The twenty-eighth city on my list is the West Yorkshire city of Bradford which you’ll find almost two hundred miles north… Read more “29/09/25 – Bradford Day Trip – A day of science museums, too many social issues and the national poet of Pakistan”

Read my Worcester travel logue here Wolverhampton is a special city. Not only is it the 26th city on my list, but also the last city I… Read more “16/06/25 Wolverhampton day trip – A day of gorillas, peaky blinders and a flock of vicious geese”

Read my Winchester travelogue here The twenty-fourth city on my list is the West Yorkshire city of Wakefield which you will find 181 miles North-East of London.… Read more “26/05/25 – Wakefield day trip – A day of Nightmarish statues, triskaidekaphobia and the biggest charity shop in Wakefield”

Read my Stoke travelogue here. The twenty-third city on my list is the Hampshire city of Winchester which you will find sixty miles southwest of London. As… Read more “19/05/25 Winchester day trip – A day of Bento boxes, hot tubs in churches and a whole load of cows”

Read my Southampton travelogue here. The twenty-second city on my list is the West-Midlands city Stoke-on-Trent. You will find this city 145 miles North-west of London. Stoke-on-Trent… Read more “28/04/25 – A Day in Stoke – a day of anti-emo sentiments, outdoor climbing and the friendliest people north of Watford”

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”

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”

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”

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”