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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Halloweens of past and present (updated)
This week sees the beginning of special part of the calendar which for various historic reasons see 3 of the most important events of the calendar taking place in what would otherwise be a dark and dreary part of the … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, Popular Culture
Tagged ancient celtic festival, Culture, halloween, history, holidays, Life, nostalgia, religion, spirituality
16 Comments
Top Ten Haunted Places in the U.K.
Tomorrow I am going to re-post my Halloween post from last year as both it and my bonfire night articles are always very popular and many of my readers weren’t following me then but for today to get us into … Continue reading
The Great Storm of Saint Jude
Like many people in southern Britain, we have spent the last 4 or 5 days waiting ominously for a great storm to arrive. We were promised that it would be comparable to the “Hurricane” of 1987, an event I very … Continue reading
The Legend of Spring Heeled Jack
With Halloween just around the corner I thought I would share with you the legend of Spring Heeled Jack who was once infamous in Victorian times and yet is now largely forgotten. Early 19th Century London was a spooky and … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged Bogeyman, Culture, Folklore, halloween, history, Horror, Life, Spring Heel Jack, Spring Heeled Jack, Victorian
26 Comments
I’m a best selling author. No really!
I don’t normally write anything self-congratulatory but I awoke this morning to find that I am finally a best-selling author. You might think that now I have hit the big time I may stop blogging but fear not as I … Continue reading
Posted in writing
Tagged Airbnb, Amazon, Bed and Breakfast, Best-seller, Ebook, How To Get Rich Using Airbnb, Kindle, Travel, writing
33 Comments
Day Tour to Portsmouth Historic Dockyards
Following my successful tour last week to Windsor Castle, I was delighted to be asked to take my two lovely guests from Australia to Portsmouth Historic Dockyards. It’s not always an obvious choice at least for overseas visitors staying in … Continue reading
My First Guided Tour: Windsor Castle
Regular readers may be aware that over the last few months I have been working on setting up my own personal and private guided tours company. It has been a long arduous but also frequently fun road setting up a … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Culture, history, Life, Private Tours, Royal Family, St George's Chapel, Tours, Windsor Castle, Windsor Fire, Ye Olde England Tours
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Autumn is here or why is weather in Britain so complicated
It is mid-October now but until a day or so ago, we in England were still enjoying to some degree a summer. This despite the fact that the sun crossed the equator around 3 weeks ago. Until Tuesday, the weather … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Science and Engineering
Tagged Autumn, Climate, Life, outdoors, Seasons, Weather
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My Grandfathers Clock
It’s no secret that I like travelling. In particular I love travelling by trains and I hate travelling by planes. I have always liked travelling by trains even when it is more practical to fly or drive by car. Train … Continue reading
The Hidden Horrors of People Trafficking &Domestic Slavery
As regular readers to my blog will know, we open up our house on the Airbnb website and have been doing so now for more than a year. I even wrote a Kindle book on how to create a successful … Continue reading
Posted in News, Politics
Tagged Airbnb, charity, Domestic Slavery, Human Trafficking, Life, Politics, Slave Trade, Slavery, UK Politics, Unchosen
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