Category: Travel

Ask ten people about English regional pies and you’ll get eleven opinions, most of them angry. I grew up on the Shropshire–Staffordshire border thinking “pie” meant steak & kidney from…

There’s a particular sort of afternoon that only really makes sense in an old British pub: low beams browned with decades of smoke, a handpull that squeaks a bit, and…

If you care about cheese and trains in roughly equal measure (which I do, unapologetically), Britain is a quietly glorious place to potter about. The big names in rail get…

Salt in the air, vinegar on your chips, and your hair doing things no stylist could fix – that, to me, is the core of British seaside fish and chips.…

If you live in Sheffield or Manchester, the Peak District is that friend who lives round the corner that you never quite see enough of. It’s painfully easy to get…

If you’re looking at your car keys and feeling vaguely resentful, you’re not alone. I grew up in Shropshire, which trains forgot for a while, so driving felt compulsory. But…

I fell into the habit of choosing a UK holiday cottage the way most of us do: four tabs open, all blurring into one long corridor of exposed beams, “cozy…

Working out what to wear for walking in the UK is a bit like trying to dress for three different countries at once. One minute you’re leaning on a pub…

If you’ve only ever used Britain small town buses as something to stare at from a train window, you’re missing the good stuff. The big-city networks get all the glory…

If you’re trying to see the Scottish Highlands without a car, first of all: good. Your stress levels (and the midges) will thank you. Second: you’re in for some of…