Musselburgh is a town of 21,000 on the east side of Edinburgh, beyond the city boundaries, and is the largest settlement in East Lothian. To reach it from the north-east, you have to travel into Edinburgh on the express train …
York is a city is which there is never any shortage of things to do. The Christmas markets might have closed up shop for the year, but the Shambles market is there all year round. I have been to York …
Aberystwyth is the biggest town in mid-Wales and I had not stayed there since 1979 when I applied to the University there and went for interview. The University is the major employer in the town, and the town population of …
I was looking forward to my visit to Gainsborough on 30th September, staying overnight. I was arriving from London on an LNER Azuma into Lincoln, and changed on to a new Northern two carriage train which was going through to …
Convalescing after an operation, I wanted a night away at the seaside, but not too far away. I returned for the first time in years to Seaton Carew, a small beachside resort which is a southern suburb of Hartlepool. I …
You have a choice to reach Chatham from London, central one of the three Medway Towns. Either the “classic route” from London Victoria, or the High Speed Service from St. Pancras which runs down HS1 shared with Channel Tunnel trains …
I don’t suppose I had heard much of Whaley bridge in advance of August 2019, when the small town reached the national news owing to the impending disintegration of the Toddbrook reservoir to the west of the settlement. After much …
The name of Knebworth may be evocative for those who enjoyed pop and hard rock concerts from 1974 onwards, but the small stately home has been featured in many films with its turrets, domes and gargoyles. The Lytton family have …
Annan is the first authentic Scottish town beyond the border. You can get a real sense of being “abroad” in an authentic Scottish town, which now has its own distillery producing again after a gap of around 100 years. Split …
I took a trip to Bicester Village on 25 May to see this international shopping phenomenon for myself. Not being one for designer brands, I wandered around to see what bargains may be had and bought only an ice cream …
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