Vista of Bradenham Hall with an unusual Pterocarya Fraxinifolia tree (Caucasian wingnut) in the foregound. This tree is usually only found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, and Turkey.
Norfolk is flat - and interesting! July 1st 2010 It’s one of the Seven Deadly Sins isn’t it? No, I don’t mean lusting after the blonde at number 94. I mean envy!
Pat and I recently spent a while house-sitting for my elder brother David and sister-in-law Janice. Deadly Sin or not, they have a house that anyone would envy! (Incidentally, that's not their house in the panorama above - that one belongs to The Queen. One could, perhaps, be ... read more
Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Thetford Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more
Once upon a time, I was something important in the UK travel industry, where I spent more than 35 years of my working life roaming the globe at someone else's expense. So, if you dream of living overseas on less than 10 Dollars a day, be warned: I'm an experienced, mature traveller - not a backpacker. You won't find stories here about me thumbing my way across the Sahara, slumming it in cockroach-infested hostels, or sharing a room with giant mosquitoes!
Oh, and I'm British - so you can expect a stiff upper lip in times of adversity and a sense of humour that's often not understood by other... full info