Weather wisdom
Predicting British weather by means of traditional sayings is surely just as successful as an electronic app, since conditions can change from […]
Category: Geography & Environment
The hot springs of Bath
The city of Bath in Somerset is renowned for its natural thermal springs, easily the hottest in the UK at around 45ºC. […]
Motorway Signs
The UK’s first significant stretch of motorway comprised the M1’s junctions 5-18, opened in 1959, though the M6 in Preston had a […]
Winchester
British and French tribes were inhabiting the chalky Hampshire valley of Wenta, with River Itchen winding its way down to the English […]
The Holy Island of Lindisfarne
The tidal 3-mile-wide island of Lindisfarne sits off the sandy Northumberland coast. Its mile-long causeway is revealed twice daily for 7-9 hours […]
Scheduled Monuments
The Ancient Monuments Protection Act of 1882 established long-awaited regulations for governmental safeguarding of certain historically important tombs, henges, hillforts, barrows, stone […]
The New Forest
William the Conqueror (c.1028-87) did not make any friends when he ordered dozens of Hampshire and Wiltshire villages and farmsteads to remove […]
Windsor Castle
The neighbouring towns of Ascot and Windsor in Berkshire lie just 20 miles from central London and while Ascot has its royal […]
Edinburgh
Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, complements the surrounding geological heights with its own towering architecture. The extinct volcano of Arthur’s Seat […]
UK fishing waters
For centuries British fishermen went wherever they knew they could get a plentiful catch and top of the list for many were […]
Sandringham Estate
While the Crown owns thousands of properties in the UK, just a few are registered to the monarch personally. Sandringham Estate in […]
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight (IoW) is a diamond-shaped island two miles off England’s south coast and is much favoured by holidaymakers from […]