Great Britain, holds the history of once being the most powerful nation in the world. Although this status has long since passed, there are few areas of the country where evidence of this former glory are absent. Relics of an industrial past dot the landscape, and expansive stately homes display the profits reaped both at home and abroad.
Although famed for it's rain, the British climate is temperate, with mild winters and pleasant summers. The British countryside offers a taste of both the quaint and the unkempt, and provides opportunities for various outdoor activities such as hiking, climbing and pot-holing.
Britain's cities are vibrant and exciting, with long and diverse histories of development, historic buildings and stunning modern architecture.
May 1st 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall » Newquay
Sue and I decided to sit on the second level of a double decker bus that took us from Lands End to Saint Ives. Thank God we didn't care much about our appearances because the wind completely turne ... 3 photos[full story]
March 25th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England
Where I come from it takes a good hour and a half driving in excess of the speed limit before you even come to the next piddling little village down the road, and to get to the next “big&rdq ... 51 photos[full story]
April 15th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » London » Wimbledon Well after a 12 hour flight on the plane we were knackered. All we wanted to do was get out into some fresh air. It was a good flight we were upgraded to seats with alote more leg room we could even p ... [full story]
May 9th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Kent
Today i had the first of my many jabs that will get through the trip alive..
Awaiting me in the nurses office was a pile of information into all the jabs i would be getting over the next 10 we ... [full story]
May 9th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Surrey » Epsom Our flight from Cambodia arrived at Bangkok airport at 2pm on the 5th May, and our flight home was at 00.45am on the 6th May, so we knew that we were going to be in Bangkok airport for some hours, how ... [full story]
May 8th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cumbria Timmy the Sherpa woke at 5am and lay in bed watching the beautiful sunrise. At 5.15am Timmy decided it was time to get up and begin the preparations for the Five to set off for Workington to begin the ... 11 photos[full story]
May 8th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » London » Kilburn On my second day in this hostel, when I finally made it into the common lounge, one of the first things anyone said to me was "Watch out for the Italian girl. She's crazy." And they were right - she ... [full story]
May 8th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Yorkshire I have been going with the once a month blog entry recently, but this past weekend’s trip deserved an entry all its own. Elizabeth and I headed south to Yorkshire, England this past weekend to s ... 40 photos[full story]
May 7th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » Wales » Vale of Glamorgan Due to my solid week-long chocolate binge during first-year exams week and my necessary habit of not actually wearing shoes anymore, I'm beginning to look more and more like a hobbit. I'm not quite su ... [full story]
May 8th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » London Hi All!
Well we (Jo, Helen and I) ventured into London yesterday for the day, and stayed for the night before we caught the tour out to Stonehenge and Bath today. London was awesome!! We walked so ... [full story]
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