United Kingdom travel stories

North Wales – A Land of Mountains and Mines

North Wales – an ancient land of castles, craggy mountains and deep mines, it is a corner of Britain yet to be discovered by overseas visitors. Welsh is spoken locally but everyone also speaks En...

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The Orkney & Shetland Islands: Land of the Tammie Nories

“Beyond Britannia, where the endless ocean opens, lies Orkney.” (Orosius, 5th Century A.D.) Like random pieces of...

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Dumfries & Galloway – an Unspoiled Paradise

Located in the most southwesterly arm of the Scottish mainland, Dumfries and Galloway are full of surprises even to a Scottish lassie like myself who spent her childhood in Glasgow, a two-hour toss...

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The Ancient Kingdom of East Anglia

The ancient kingdom of East Anglia – that balloon of land north east of London – may be as flat as a Dutch pancake but it is far from featureless. Originally made up of north folk (Norfolk) and...

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Hills and Dales of Northern England

I watch a brace of pheasants strut between the sweet high grasses, their grating throaty calls interrupting the otherwise melodic bird song. The wind causes delicate wall ferns to quiver in the bre...

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