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York – England’s Most Interesting City?
This is my ninth post in an ongoing series inspired by a recent visit to Britain with Canadian military travel specialists Liberation Tours, led by noted Canadian actor and historian Phil Craig. The tour, Medieval Britain: Castles, Cannons & Crowns was the inaugural one in what will become an annual event and I hope that my […]
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Battle of Towton – Britain’s Bloodiest Battle
Chances are most people have heard of the Battles of Hastings, Bannockburn, Bosworth Field and Marston Moor, which were all pivotal moments in British history resulting in significant changes to the existing order. However, none of these battles involved as many combatants or resulted in any where near the total numbers of dead and wounded […]
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Haddon Hall – Star of Stage & Screen
Even if you’ve never been to Haddon Hall, chances are that you’ve seen it. Perhaps no building in England has shown up in as many plays, movies, TV series and novels as this Tudor palace in Derbyshire. Whether standing in as the setting for no less than three adaptions of Jane Eyre or just being itself in […]
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Tewkesbury Fair – Re-Enacting a Medieval Battle
This is my seventh post on a recent trip to Great Britain with Canadian military history experts Liberation Tours on a tour titled Medieval Britain: Castles, Cannons & Crowns. One of the main reasons Alison and I signed up for this trip was the prospect of going to the famous Tewkesbury Medieval Festival, the largest of […]
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Warwick Castle- 1,000 Years of British History
This is my fifth post from a recent tour of Britain with Canadian military travel specialists Liberation Tours. It’s titled Medieval Britain: Castles, Cannons and Crowns and will take us from London to Edinburgh in just over two weeks, stopping at some one the best known sights in the country and a few lesser known ones […]
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Churchill War Rooms – A Must Visit in London
Samuel Johnson famously said, “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life” and he was dead on. Perhaps no city on earth has as many must see attractions as London – The Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, The British Museum, Westminster Abbey, even Madame Tussaud’s if you can stand the lineups. […]
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Bocas del Toro – Panama’s Caribbean Paradise
This is my final post on a recent trip to Panama with Canadian travel specialists, Adventures Abroad and this post’s destination, Bocas del Toro is a 100% contrast from the Chiriqui Highlands where we spent the last two days. Whereas the Chiriqui Highlands were cool and wet, Bocas del Toro promises to be hot and sunny […]
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Salisbury Cathedral – A Most Beautiful Church
While I am not a religious person, I do greatly appreciate the beautiful art and architecture that religion can inspire, none more so than the awesome Gothic cathedrals of western Europe. These wonders in stone often took hundreds of years to complete; Cologne took 600 years. As architectural tastes changed over the centuries, the results […]
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Golden Circle Route – Iceland in a Day
I first wrote this post in August 2018 and suspect that if you are able to get to Iceland post Covid-19 that a tour of the Golden Circle Route will be a lot more pleasant experience than it was when we toured it then. The natural and historical highlights will remain as good as ever, […]
From the road
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April 20th, 2023
I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block since getting back from Southeast Asia, but I did finish this post on the fan… https://t.co/HoJjP4jeha
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April 12th, 2023
One of the main reasons to visit the Galapagos is to see the giant tortoises. This latest post explains where you c… https://t.co/mQ8PWha8j3
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April 11th, 2023
Spring is very late this year so it’s nice to see the crocuses finally show up. https://t.co/7HD6wvsEJ6
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April 9th, 2023
Sunday morning is a good time to reflect back on another Sunday in Reading, England which I wrote about here:… https://t.co/EJ4Is2NSqz