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April and May are the Bluebell months in England but the April showers were also plentiful this year. For several weekends I’d been watching the …

The beautiful harbourside city of Bristol in the west of England, has an arty vibe, with plenty of parks and green space, fascinating museums and …

The Gower peninsula is the part of South Wales that looks like the lower jaw of the Welsh wolf’s head on the map. It was …

Yorkshire is a place that is filled with a mixture of historical sites and natural beauty, and this makes it the perfect holiday destination for …

Blackpool – for many the name of the UK’s most famous seaside resort conjures up the historic Pleasure Beach. It’s one of Britain’s oldest amusement …

London ‘vintage’ is a whole scene that extends to music, fashion, and furniture. Originally the term ‘vintage’ applied in France, to scavengers who went through …

It was supposed to be a summer break, but my friend couldn’t make it and so we re-booked for October. In August I’d planned a …

There’s something mysterious, perhaps even a little spooky about Ettington Park Hotel, near Stratford-upon-Avon. From the outside it’s a cross between a French chateau with …

We visited Hidcote Manor Gardens in aurtumn, just as August turned to September. On the weekend we visited, warm sunshine was tempered by a slight …

I recently had an unpleasant encounter with hotel cancellation fees that will make me think carefully in the future how I go about booking any …

I might describe the Abbey House Gardens in Malmesbury as a gorgeous Cotswold garden that typifies the English country style, but the name doesn’t always …