Travels around London

Quite a nice chicken pie in Dudley.

A tribute to the meadieval divine Margery Kempe, the patron of this blog - and a visit to Kings Lynn. There is a lot left of mediaeval King...

London open house this year seems to have gone all booked so was not able to get in to any spectacular places.  However starting in the city...

It took more than two hours to travel the 29 miles between London and Camberley.  I really do need my own wheels! I was just in time for l...

Stratford Upon Avon is a town that could hold it's own in the tourist stakes even without its most famous son, the bard of Avon. Howeve...

Just outside Stratford upon Avon there is a huge flight of locks with a cafe in the middle. there are 21 locks on the Grand Union Canal and...

Compare and contrast two libraries with the word 'Birmingham' in the name. The wonderful Shakespeare Room in the golden dome Li...

So is Redditch the worst town in the whole world? Conversation in the ticket office - Me: "Single to Five Ways please." Booking ...

The same full day out, another post. Long Fenton is remarkable for having an unusually wide high street, a department store with the bigges...

When towns fall on hard times they are can be well preserved.   Lavenham is one such town that saw great prosperity from wool in Medieval ti...

In some of the stormiest weather I have ever experienced. Thankfully I was sitting in a car while this was going on and by the time it was ...

Part of Wandsworth Heritage Festival . The prison museum is in a shed outside Wandsworth Prison the former Surrey House of Correction. ...

The novel "A Kid for Two Farthings" by Wolf Mankowitz takes place in Fashion Street. Here is a picture of fashion street for you ...

I've not been to the Alexandra Palace on a sunny day before but the views are fantastic. When you visit the Great British Tattoo Show ...

Nothing to be disgusted about here although the Church of King Charles the Martyr has a controversial dedication to say the least. I don...