Journey to the Edge: A Personal Guide to North Cape (Nordkapp) and Magerøya, Norway
There are places on this planet that pull at you simply because of what they represent. The “ends of the…
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Garden Camera Highlights – In The Eden Valley, Cumbria
One of the many joys I had living in the Eden Valley, Cumbria was the variety and amount of wildlife…
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Conwy Castle: The Magnificent Fortress of the “Iron Ring”
There are castles, and then there is Conwy. If you’ve followed my journeys through Wales, you know I have a soft…
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Beaumaris Castle: The Unfinished Masterpiece of Anglesey
There are castles that impress you with their sheer, brute scale, like the imperial towers of Caernarfon Castle. There are…
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Caernarfon Castle: More Than Stone and Story in the Heart of North Wales
There are some places that photos and stories can never quite prepare you for. Caernarfon Castle is one of them….
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Harlech Castle: The Epic Fortress on the Welsh Coast
There are some places that just take your breath away, and Harlech Castle is undeniably one of them. I came…
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Flint Castle: The Forgotten First Link in the Iron Ring
Walk the sands of the Dee Estuary to the solitary sentinel where a King lost his crown. When people talk…
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Stafford – Church Lane and The Soup Kitchen
I have shown you over previous posts just some of the historic and remarkable buildings of Stafford. But, for refreshment…
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St Mary’s Church Stafford – Historic inside and out
Way back in around the year 700 AD, Staffordshire was such a different area. The River Sow valley was one…
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The Ancient High House of Stafford
The Ancient High House in Stafford, the largest timber framed town house that survives in England. This Tudor, Elizabethan house…
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Stafford Castle – Dominating The Skyline Over 900 Years
For over 900 years there has been a castle or ruin of in some form here in Stafford. Stafford Castle…
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Climb Criffel To Views Over Four Lands
Heading north into Scotland turning left along the northern side of the Solway Firth you hit the A75 to Dumfries….
