Stories behind the stories. By Travel Writer, Amy McPherson
It was the year 866AD. The Vikings sailed from the Scandinavian region under the leadership of Ivan the Boneless, arrived and captured Northumbria Eoforwic. They didn’t like the name, so they renamed it to a Viking name Jorvik. Today, this city is known as York (derived from its last Viking name). The viking history of …
When I decided to travel more in Britain, i didn’t need an excuse to hop on the train and see this beautiful country. However having been following the news I am even more enticed to get up north now. Join Visit England to #lovethenorth Earlier this week, Visit England launched the #lovethenorth campaign to assist …
Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. Alice: I don’t much care where. The Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go. Alice: …So long as I get somewhere. The …
I’ve decided this year is the year to travel Britain. I know I have just spent a weekend in Hamburg, and will be going to Portugal, Italy and France later in the year, but I am going to at least spend more travelling time in Britain than anywhere else this year…. Because it’s 400th anniversary …
Queen Elizabeth II became Britain’s longest reigning monarch since Queen Victoria this year – she has been on the throne for almost 60 years since the passing of her father King George VI in 1952. That seemed to be a good reason for us to finally make it to Windsor, since moving to London in November …
There was only one reason, and one reason only for my recent trip to Cardiff. Doctor Who. Go on, call me the nerd, but I am simply in love with this quirky time traveller created by the BBC and couldn’t help but make this special journey to the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff. For the show’s …
Wanting to explore the region where we live, I jumped on Google Maps (what else) and looked for places and areas of interest in Surrey. Being Google, it knew my strong preferences to places with lots of nature and walking trails so immediately pin pointed the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Beauty on the map. …
We’ve had a couple of visitors in London since moving here and many of them have displayed a desire to see musicals in London as one of their must dos. I love a good musical production, with its colourful costumes, fantastic music, and spectacular stage sets. Moving to London had been fantastic for the theatre loving …
Edinburgh is beautiful, as I have been told many a times. “Edinburgh is beautiful. You should go.” Go we did, but before we could savour the beauty we needed to understand her first. Wha’ yer din her? I am sorry? Wear yer flom? Nothing made sense, I was starting to wonder if we had perhaps …
