Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
Will Peach is one of the site editors over at Gap Daemon, the gap year travel website for backpackers and young travellers. He has written a guest post for me on Christmas in London, which I know from experience is one of the best places to spend Christmas. Will has done a great job researching [...]
Have you ever read the 1940s classic The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford, or the sequel Love in a Cold Climate? The books are largely autobiographical so fans of the book may be interested in seeing the house where Nancy and her sisters lived in their childhood. This is Batsford House in the Cotswolds, [...]
This is a guest post by Darren Cronian, founder and editor of My Life in Leeds – a local guide to the attractions of Leeds in Yorkshire, England. The guide is written by locals who are keen to share their knowledge and experiences. Darren is also author of the popular Travel Rants blog, which champions [...]
My mother-in-law rang my husband on Saturday to deliver this message: “Tell Caitlin the dress was beautiful but not as nice as hers.” I doubt very much that the new Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton as was, would be bothered by this highly biased declaration, but it made me smile. The royal wedding dress WAS [...]
Trafalgar Square, London; December 1998 After last week’s trip down memory lane to a childhood holiday in Fiji, here is another time travel edition of Photo Friday. This is Trafalgar Square in London in 1998, with the Canadian High Commission in the background. My mother was living in Cambridge at the time and I spent [...]
London, UK; May 2009 / 19th century Discovered – a rare colour photograph of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the Orangery in Kensington Gardens in London. Since colour photography didn’t exist in the Victorian era, this clearly proves the existence of time travel. Maybe the Doctor and his TARDIS had something to do with [...]
I enjoyed this piece by Matt on Abstract Gourmet about rediscovering fettuccine carbonara years after boarding school nearly put him off for life. He writes: “The list of things that boarding school food turned me off was actually fairly extensive. Among them, steak diane, ham steaks with pineapple, lasagne, meat pies, hot dogs, and pretty [...]
The latest post in my series on sustainable food in partnership with Chris Perrin of Blog Well Done. It’s time to buy groceries. You are armed with a shopping list, cloth bags and the best of intentions to buy food that is sustainable in every way. But the organic apples in Whole Foods are from [...]
Steven at the Latin American travel blog Travelojos has nominated me to share three travel secrets in the Trip Base blog tag. I like the idea of highlighting obscure places. 1. Dougga, Tunisia Dougga in Tunisia gives Ephesus in Turkey a run for its money when it comes to impressive Roman ruins. It is not [...]
This gem of a video is from the British Film Institute but came my way via my friend Joanna Moncrieff on Facebook. Jo is a qualified tour guide in London and has a blog Westminster Walking. The video shows London in 1927 – in colour! Lots of familiar landmarks like Westminster and Buckingham Palace and [...]
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