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Stonehenge, Salisbury – Probably one of the world’s most famous sites

AttractionsfiftyfourandcountingDecember 1, 2024

We visited Avebury, in the Southwest of England, which is probably one of the most famous and significant world heritage sites. It’s called Stonehenge. Stonehenge is the world’s best-known ancient stone circle, lying at the heart of one of the richest archaeological landscapes in Europe. Built around the same time as the Great Pyramid in…

AttractionsfiftyfourandcountingNovember 25, 2024

Lacock, National Trust – A delightful quintessential village

Over towards the southwest of England, not far from what the locals call “Baarth”—Bath to a Northerner like me—is the gorgeous…

AttractionsfiftyfourandcountingNovember 24, 2024

Biddulph Grange Garden, Staffordshire – The quirkiest garden I have ever visited

We often travel up and down the M6 motorway, the link between the North and South. However, on a recent trip,…

AttractionsfiftyfourandcountingNovember 4, 2024

Frameless, Marble Arch, London – I’ve never been immersed in famous art like this

The tube system certainly made it easy to get around the capital and to get to Marble Arch, where, in the…

AttractionsfiftyfourandcountingMarch 9, 2024

The Coal Mining Museum, Wakefield – Down into the pits with a real miner

Its 40 years ago, in 1984 that the Miners Strike took place. Today the Coal Mining Museum exists to keep the…

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingOctober 27, 2022

Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, UK – A National Trust moated manor house worth visiting

Jesuit priests were hunted during the reformation around the 16th century when Protestants challenged the authority of the catholic church. It…

AttractionsfiftyfourandcountingFebruary 7, 2022

The Jade Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica – Costa Rican Culture all under one roof

Whilst we were in San Jose, Costa Rica we took an opportunity to visit the Jade Museum. There are over 7,000…

AttractionsfiftyfourandcountingSeptember 5, 2021

Audley End House and Gardens, Saffron Walden – A stunning Jacobean house and gardens

During late 2021 I had the opportunity to visit this palatial building and gardens in Saffron Walden. The illustrious history that…

AttractionsfiftyfourandcountingSeptember 3, 2021

Diddly Squat Farm Shop, Chipping Norton – An anomaly!

If I were to suggest that you should drive several hours to a random country road in the Cotswolds to see…

AttractionsfiftyfourandcountingAugust 21, 2021

RHS Bridgewater, Worsley, Manchester – A pure of oasis of delight and surprises

Did you know that the canals in the UK began with the famous Bridgewater Canal designed and funded by the Duke…

AttractionsfiftyfourandcountingJuly 2, 2021

Hill Top, Near Sawrey, Cumbria – Beatrix Potter’s House a national treasure

If there is one other thing other than it’s beauty that the lake district is famous for, it’s Beatrix Potter and…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 23, 2020

I amsterdam city card – Amazingly convenient and great value!

We planned a four day leisure weekend in Amsterdam in part because we’d not been to the Netherlands and because a…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 22, 2020

The Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam – 1000 years of history in one place

Our final museum stop before heading back to our hotel to collect suitcases was in a former orphanage and now the…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 20, 2020

The Willet-Holthuysen Museum, Amsterdam – A canal-side home frozen in time

The Willet-Holthuysen Museum was left by Sandrina Louisa Geertruyda Holthuysen in her will in 1895 to the city of Amsterdam. Visiting…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 19, 2020

Dutch Verzets Resistance Museum, Amsterdam – Everyone should visit this moving record of history

On our final day in Amsterdam, the weather was damp, cold and miserable, but this didn’t stop us using our I…

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