Cambridge is perhaps the perfect day trip from London. A Cambridge day trip is a treasure trove of historical locations, quaint streets and beautiful buildings made famous over the centuries. And with excellent transport links from central London, you can be punting along the River Cam past the world famous Cambridge University colleges in around an […]
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Jan
Jan
Want to visit Sutton Hoo? This unassuming place in the Suffolk countryside is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world and is now the subject of 2021 Netflix film The Dig. While The Dig is a dramatised version of events that unfolded around the discovery of the treasures at Sutton Hoo, the […]
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Jul
Jul
“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.” – Jane Austen So wrote our heroine Jane Austen in one of my favorite novels, Northanger Abbey. It is a rare woman in western society who has not encountered Austen during her education or explored her writing further. A […]
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Nov
Nov
“Remember, remember the 5th of November” so the children’s nursery rhyme goes. The line is ominous and foreboding but what happens on the 5th of November? Who was Guy Fawkes? And what do the celebrations mean? Bonfire Night in England Imagine this. An entire village makes their way to an open field, faces lit up with […]
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Sep
Sep
Have you visited the Cotswolds? With so much happening in London it is easy to forget there is lush green countryside so close by. But sometimes you need a break from all the hustle and bustle. On a bright autumn weekend we took to the road in search of the rolling hills, fields with hedgerows […]
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