ENGLAND – LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER

8 years ago

CHESTER (pop 80,000) History. Chester was Castra Devana, the largest Roman fortress in Britain. In 70 AD, they built the…

ENGLAND – SOUTHWEST

8 years ago

WALKING  South West Coast Path. This 630-mile adventure is Britain's longest national walking trail, stretching from Minehead in Somerset via…

WALES

8 years ago

I arrived in Fishguard on the north side of the Pembrokeshire Peninsula and saw most of west Wales in a…

ENGLAND – CAMBRIDGE & EAST ANGLIA

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ELY CATHEDRAL The cathedral’s silhouette dominates the whole area; it’s dubbed the ‘Ship of the Fens’ as it’s so visible…

ENGLAND – YORKSHIRE

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With a population as big as Scotland’s and an area half the size of Belgium, Yorkshire is almost a country…

PLAGUE – THE BLACK DEATH

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SUMMARY. Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Symptoms include fever, weakness and headache. Usually, this…

SCOTLAND – WEST HIGHLAND WAY

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Thought of in the 1930s and 40s, development started in 1974 and opened in 1980, it was the first long-distance…

IRELAND – SOUTH DUBLIN, S DUBLIN COAST & WICKLOW

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WEST & SOUTH DUBLIN National Museum. The first paper was invented in China in about 105 AD and the first…

LEVELING AMERICA’S PLAYING FIELD

8 years ago

by Steven Brill May 17, 2018 Time Magazine Lately, most Americans, regardless of their political leanings, have been asking themselves…

IRELAND – TIPPERARY, OFFALY, WESTMEATH, LOUTH & N MEATH

8 years ago

ROYAL SITES of IRELAND Tentative World Heritage Sites (2010), represent the locations of the early kings of Ireland prior to…