Category: Britain & Ireland

DAY 3 – We arrived in good time and the stands were already filling up.  It was quite nippy, but thankfully it wasn’t raining.  I can’t imagine what it’d be like watching the show in the cold and …

DAY 3 – After our Castle visit, we drove down the Royal Mile, past the venerable St Giles’ Cathedral, to see the Queen’s Holyroodhouse Palace before crossing over to the 18th century New Town….

DAY 3 – A visit to Edinburgh Castle, Britain’s second most popular tourist attraction, was the first activity of the day.  The castle stands on the basalt core of an extinct volcano and it dominates the city from its rocky crag.  Although …

DAY 2 – Crossing the wild Northumberland moors into Scotland, a lone piper greeted us at the border.  Our route then takes us past Jedburgh Abbey, where we had a quick stop for a photoshoot,  and the house …

DAY 2 – We stopped off in Durham to see its famous castle and the fine Romanesque cathedral.  Durham city was built on Island Hill or ‘Dunholm’ in 995.  The panoramic view of the Cathedral and Castle has been …

DAY 1 – This afternoon we headed north to York, the ancient capital of Viking Britain.  The City of York has retained many of its medieval structures and ancient timbered houses such as the Shambles are protected by …

DAY 1 – This morning was an early start for our drive north through the Oxfordshire countryside into the ‘Heart of England’ to …