The Sill and Hadrian’s Wall

A visit to Rome’s northernmost frontier

AFTER CARLISLE, the next logical stop on my tour was an area halfway from Carlisle to Newcastle called the Great Whin Sill, or Sill for short.

The Farne Islands

Once holy, and the home of Grace Darling, now a famous nature sanctuary

Carlisle, the Capital of Cumbria

If I were going to live in England, it would be here.

England’s Peak District: Gateway to the Pennines (Part 1)

Between Manchester and Sheffield, there’s a…

Everywhere and Nowhere

A visit to Oxford, the university town that is also a garden city

Through the Yorkshire Dales to Scafell Pike

A westward road trip through a historic landscape, ending…

The Ancient Streets of York

More of the incredible, sometimes gruesome, history of England’s northern…

What’s More to See in London

Travelling up and down the Thames and describing more famous places, I…

Scarborough and the North York Moors (Part 1)

A trip to the seaside turns up unexpected connections…

Landing in London

My first night in a rustic village only 27 km from Westminster