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Written: 12:16pm 02/24/2008
If you’re a bit of a literature geek like I am, then Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is one of the first things that comes to mind when thinking about the city of Canterbury in the South East of England.
Even though Chaucer wasn’t from Canterbury, the town seems to have claimed him (or at...
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Written: 10:59am 02/24/2008
There’s a lot to like about Kipps Hostel.
First of all, the location. While it’s not within the city walls, it’s only a short walk from the attractions in the town centre and from Canterbury East Station. Arriving from London on a Friday night, we managed to follow the directions that...
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Written: 10:32am 02/11/2008
I don’t go 10 pin bowling often. I tend to bowl gutter balls and break fingernails, forget to let go of the ball and generally embarrass myself. However, there are times – usually Christmas and birthday parties – where bowling is a necessity. One of those occasions occurred last Friday...
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Written: 10:22am 02/11/2008
Bath is – perhaps unsurprisingly – known for its baths. There are the ancient ones that you can find at the Roman Baths Museum, a World Heritage Site and Britain’s only naturally occurring hot-spring. Those are fantastic, and if you’re interested in Roman (or British) history, I...
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Written: 12:58pm 02/10/2008
I’d eaten Sally Lunn buns before. Even as I was growing up, in New Zealand, on the other side of the world, they were a common sight in the local bakery. However, I hadn’t ever stopped to think about the name of the sweet bread roll, hadn’t ever considered the fact that Sally Lunn was a...
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Written: 12:37pm 02/10/2008
- Edited: 12:38pm 02/10/2008
During Jane Austen’s times, The Pump Room, was a centre of social activity in Bath, where the wealthy would meet and greet, and take the waters which had been drawn from a nearby spa.
Today, the clientele are more likely to be tourists like my husband and I, stopping by for lunch or...
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Written: 08:38pm 02/06/2008
Late January, Somerset, UK. As predicted, the weather was shocking for our long weekend holiday in and around Bath. However, despite the wind and the rain outside, we were warm and relaxed in our self-catered cottage at Greyfield Farm in High Littleton.
There were lots of little details...
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Written: 10:19pm 01/02/2008
- Edited: 10:19pm 01/02/2008
My New Year’s resolutions: to see more of this country I find myself living in; to visit more historic places, more museums and galleries; to explore and discover and learn. With that in mind and with some time off work, we set out this afternoon to visit Windsor Castle.
According to the...
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Written: 08:18am 10/01/2007
You could spend a day at Kew Gardens. At this time of year, the gates open at 9.30 in the morning and close at 6.00pm. You could take a picnic, or eat at one of their restaurants, and take your time to wander through the 300 acres of parkland, gardens, glasshouses and palaces....
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Written: 07:53pm 09/12/2007
There were four of us. The movie was 'Atonement'. I was looking through the London cinema listings, looking for a not-too-late showing in a relatively central movie theatre, when I came across the Gate Picturehouse.
The Gate Picturehouse is located at 87 Notting Hill Gate, not far from the...
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Written: 05:58pm 09/11/2007
Westminster Abbey, home of monks and burial place of monarchs, has been a significant landmark for hundreds of years. These days, it’s both an active church and a popular tourist attraction. The fact that services are still held here, means that the ‘opening’ hours for tourists may be...
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Written: 10:39pm 08/29/2007
- Edited: 10:39pm 08/29/2007
Castle Coch, with its turrets and its drawbridge, its dungeon and elaborately decorated dining rooms, is pretty much everything I think a castle should be. Obviously John Crichton-Stuart, the third Marquess of Bute, had similar opinions. Back in the 1870s, he commissioned his architect, William...
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Written: 07:53am 08/29/2007
When in we were in Cardiff, we had croissants, we had fish and chips, we had Italian wine and icecream (not together). Riverside, the area around our hostel, seemed to have its fair share of Asian restaurants. But we also wanted to try something local.
The most obvious choice was perhaps...
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Written: 10:11pm 08/27/2007
- Edited: 10:35pm 08/29/2007
The Taff Trail is a cycling and walking path that stretches from the Brecon Beacons to Cardiff Bay, passing though various Welsh villages, parklands, and over and alongside the River Taff.
During a recent trip to Cardiff, we took the opportunity of a fine day (a rare thing in the UK this...
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>> Wales
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Written: 09:44pm 08/27/2007
- Edited: 09:45pm 08/27/2007
A piece of advice: if you’re thinking of spending a weekend in Cardiff, it might pay to check that there’s not a major international rugby game on first. Otherwise when it comes to trying to find accommodation, even if you’re looking several weeks before you travel, you might wonder why...
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Written: 08:52pm 08/27/2007
- Edited: 08:52pm 08/27/2007
Cardiff may be known for the rugby games at its Millennium Stadium, for its castles and its strangely named Brains beer, but in recent times and in certain circles it has become perhaps even more famous for being the place where the BBC films its popular TV series, ‘Doctor Who’.
An...
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Written: 08:39am 08/22/2007
- Edited: 08:40am 08/22/2007
Since I’ve been travelling, most of my contact with home has been via phone or email. Quick. Cheap. And perhaps, these days, also more reliable than snail mail. However, I still think it’s nice to send a letter home now and then, or to receive something through my door flap that isn’t...
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Written: 11:03pm 08/20/2007
I’ve always been a bit of a library geek. I moved to London last November, and I’ve already joined two libraries over here – one near work, one near home, so I can get my book fix on both weekdays and weekends. So I guess it wouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that knows me that the...
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Written: 11:04am 08/19/2007
According to their advertising materials, Wagamama restaurants are found around the world: Boston, Auckland, Sydney, Dublin, Amsterdam and so on. But it was only when we arrived in London last year, that we first discovered this restaurant chain The noodle dishes and curries came highly...
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Written: 03:43pm 08/18/2007
- Edited: 03:43pm 08/18/2007
Victoria Coach Station was our first port of call in London. We arrived there at the end of a long day: we’d caught the bus from Paris to Calais, where we went through customs and got interrogated about out UK intentions, then caught a ferry to Dover, then got back on the bus, which was behind...
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