Walking in front of two insipidly dressed undergraduates one day in Cambridge, eavesdropping on their intellectually baffling conversation it suddenly occurred to me why Cambridge is the way Cambridge is. You possibly wouldn’t pick up on the disappointments of this town if you only had one day in Cambridge because it’s easy to be impressed…
Category: England
20 Awesome Weekend Break Ideas In The UK
UK WEEKEND AWAY IDEAS If you’re anything like us you try to pepper your main summer holiday with a sprinkle of fun UK weekend breaks every year, right? A Cheeky weekend away to unwind. And, when you’re asking the question ‘where can I go for a weekend away?’ U.K.’s answers are endless and we never…
Exploring Spitalfields And Brick Lane, London
Exploring Spitalfields And Brick Lane, London London is not a city, rather a collection of little towns and villages, like Spitalfields and Brick Lane, patchworked together like an American quilt. Nowhere other than London will you encounter in one space a collection of people from so many walks of life both culturally and socially. The…
A Quick Guide To Nottingham
Make the most of your short time in Nottingham with our insiders tips on all the best places to eat, drink, stay and see.
Put On Your Gladrags Nottingham – You’re In For A Top Night Out!
A Night Out In Nottingham Recently my sister and her other half came to cat-sit for us whilst we tootled off to Copenhagen. They’d be here for the weekend and wanted to sample Nottingham night-life. So, channelling my inner Rain Man I got down to writing a list of places to see in the area…
Best 3 Hotels In Nottingham
Nottingham’s Top 3 Hotels… Whether you are in town for a mini-break or visiting for a music concert or live event there are plenty of Nottingham city hotels to choose from. It’s a fairly compact city centre with several of your usual chain hotels but for similar prices there are 3 particularly lovely establishments with…
Visit Lincoln – A Quick City Guide
Visit Lincoln, UK – A Mini Travel Guide As a small Medieval city, Lincoln England has been an establishment since pre-Roman times. Its strategic position upon the River Witham made it a natural place to build a fortress and this rich history makes a visit to Lincoln quite fascinating. For many who visit Lincoln, the…
London’s Top Hidden Gems – The Quirky, The Queer And The Quaint
The top hidden gems and secret places of London with a free map so you can travel deeper and explore off the beaten path.
SUFFOLK – The Perfect Short Break
Suffolk – The Perfect Short Break English Countryside Retreat! You’re in the UK for a short break and with London under your belt, maybe you’re looking for a few days away from the city? Or perhaps you’re just wondering where to go on your next weekend break in England? If your specification sounds like ‘Where…
Five Reasons To Visit Nottingham
Should Nottingham Be On Your ‘English City Bucket List’? Nottingham receives over 300,000 tourists every year but it lags way behind more popular destinations like York, Birmingham and Leeds. Every now and then it inches into the limelight like a shy 5-year-old in her first play – whether that be from a new Robin Hood…
Visit Dungeness Kent – The UK’s Only Desert.
Visit Dungeness Kent – Travel Guide The only desert in England Did you know Antarctica is a desert? The largest in the world in fact. Apparently being hot and full of sand no longer stands you in good stead to make the desert awards short-list, all you need to qualify these days is less than…
The 6 Coolest London Neighbourhoods You Have To See
Explore London like a local. Travel deeper into the London neighbourhoods that not every tourist knows about.
Has The Cotswolds Made Your Bucket List?!
Have The Cotswolds Made It On To Your Bucket List Yet? The Cotswolds is an area of Britain regularly visited by day trippers from London or foreign tourists in the UK wanting to experience a bit of Olde Worlde England. It’s what is known as an AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and if visitors…
A Road Trip Through North Norfolk’s Coastal Beauty Spots
A Coastal Drive In North Norfolk Norfolk is for old people. Posh old people to be more precise. All that Norfolk lavender on their doorstep – they can posy till their heart’s content and sleep so soundly for the last decade of their life! A land so flat and water-laden it makes the Dutch weep. And,…
Visit Horncastle – The Treasure Trove Of Lincolnshire
When, one Saturday morning, I suggested we visit Horncastle Lincolnshire, my proposal was met with resounding approval. Not wishing to paint my better half in such a puerile light but sometimes all it takes to convince him of anything is a casual reference to a schoolboy gag. “HORNcastle? Point me in the direction!”. But he…
Parks In Nottingham – Which One’s Are Worth Your Picnic?
Parks In Nottingham – Our Top Picks… Maybe you’re a tourist in Nottingham, wanting to find some green space? Or maybe you’re a local and just don’t venture beyond your immediate town that often? Whatever, it’s Summer and we should all be making the most of these patches of turf that this fine city has…
Top 5 Coffee Spots In Nottingham
There’s the budding actress wielding a takeaway cup with a lip-stained rim and the barista’s phone number on the sleeve. Then you have the suitcase-sipper who views every cup of coffee as a mini holiday: there with their morning paper, hogging the chair with the best view that they might as well have put a…
Things To See In Chester
Things To See In Chester Never before have I ever encountered so many computer geeks wearing Star Wars hoodies in one place! Before our weekend trip I had visions of Chester being a glamorous city set to the back-drop of old Tudor homesteads and ladies with stationery faces that lunch in boutique eating establishments – perhaps…
Nottingham – A Family Mini-Break
Is Nottingham Worthy Of A Mini-Break with Kids? Parking itself right in the middle of the country, Nottingham definitely gets 10/10 for location – only 2 hours from London or Manchester, a mere 3 from Newcastle or Bristol, what’s your excuse not to make a trip? Recently awarded a UNESCO City of Literature and named…
