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Who doesn’t love a road trip? Piling into the car with your friends, you’ve got the roof down and the wind in your hair. Ahead of you is nothing but miles of empty road, adventure and freedom. Except this version of a road trip only ever happened in Britney Spears’ cinema debut: ‘Crossroads’. For the majority of us growing up in the UK, the road trip was a darker experience entirely; featuring neither sunshine nor a summer romance with an incredibly handsome American man. Queues of traffic, stuffy cars and arguments, the Great British Road Trip was less Route 66 and more a congested M25, with short respites inside overcrowded service stations. Despite the lack of sunshine and Ford Cadillacs, however, the UK is an ideal place to travel by road, not least due to its size. Roughly 874 miles long from top to bottom, you can explore the length of the UK in the time it would take you to cross just one US state. Furthermore, the diversity of the UK is incredible. From its palm-tree filled southern peninsula, to mountainous Scotland, a UK road trip provides the opportunity to experience mountains and lakes; beaches and cities, all within the space […]
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10 Things to do in Gloucester with Kids! Guest post from Stopping at Two Having lived in Gloucester for over 15 years, I have really grown to love this part of the world. There is always something to help entertain the kids either close to the city centre itself, or slightly …
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The area of Canary Wharf is seen by some Londoners as a cultural void – most people arrive to their offices in the mornings and leave immediately after work. It’s not a place to really ‘hang out’. This may have been true a few years ago, but local residents and developers are transforming the area into a more welcoming area for families and tourists. The Museum of London Docklands in one fine example.
Exploring the museum is a chance to learn about the specific history of London’s relationship with the Thames and the open seas. The interactive displays challenges readers to consider how the waterways have influenced London – trade brought new goods such as tea to Londoners, commerce brought new immigrants to enrich the city’s culture, and even the slave trade forced Londoners to reconsider their definitions of justice and liberty.
It’s not all serious though. There are immersive displays that encourage visitors to imagine life as a dockworker, a sailor or even a pirate. ARRR!
One of my favourite exhibits here is the model of what London Bridge looked like about 500 years ago. It’s not something anyone would recognize now, but that’s the magic of learning about London’s history – it’s constantly changing but always riveting. An afternoon here reminds me of that.
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There’s something so gorgeous about England and yes, I am slightly biased. After growing up in Wales, studying in Scotland, I finally set down some roots in England and boy is it a country that’s amazing to explore. From the rolling hills and stunning villages in the Cotswolds, historic castles in Yorkshire and the stunning … Continue Reading
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“A microadventure is an adventure that is short, simple, local, cheap – yet still fun, exciting, challenging, refreshing and rewarding” – Alastair Humphreys Last weekend, I stood browsing the stationery aisle of my local store. On its shelves were crowds of brightly coloured notebooks, each emblazoned with some sort of shiny, metallic slogan. ‘Adventure more’, one declared, ‘Quit your job, buy a ticket, get a tan, never return’, suggested another. The little notebooks were illustrated with images of mountains, camper vans, airplanes and golden sands. They were exotic images of far-flung places; the only sorts of places, apparently, where there are any adventures worth having. These days, travel and adventure seem synonymous with long-haul flights, tetanus shots and the crossing of equators. Apparently, adventures are no longer home grown, but the exotic produce of different time zones. Unsurprisingly, for the majority of us – those with carefully dispensed annual leave or monthly rent bills – the idea of adventure can therefore seem a distant one. If we aren’t able to take that twenty-four hour plane ride to New Zealand’s most southerly island, it seems we’re doomed to a life without it. Yet, over the past year, we’ve discovered that this […]
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