Everyone knows I like my history and the older it is the better. I spend much of my time visiting prehistoric and neolithic monuments. Everyone knows of Stonehenge but there are hundreds of other stonecircles across Britain as well as countless other monuments. In fact as I write, I am preparing to go to Avebury… Continue reading A visit to Clava Cairns
Month: June 2018
An Outlander Day Tour of Scotland
During my recent 9 day tour of Scotland with 7 lovely ladies from the USA, one of the top priorites was to see as many Outlander sights as we could. For those who are unfamiliar with Outlander (and that is most people in the UK) it follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse… Continue reading An Outlander Day Tour of Scotland
All about driverless cars!
Today (or yesterday when you read this), I was taking a walk outside Parliament and I had the opportunity to jump in a driverless car! More about that later but it made me think of how in just a few years, autonomous cars have gone from science fiction fantasy to reality or at least very nearly… Continue reading All about driverless cars!
Rebuilding Battersea from the ground up.
A little bit of a different post today as I’m supremely busy as will become clear in the coming days! Last week I was in the unusual situation of visiting Battersea and the neighbouring Nine Elms neighbourhood. It isn’t very high in the tourist route and there aren’t many hotels there either. All of this… Continue reading Rebuilding Battersea from the ground up.
Photos of Edinburgh
This week I’ve been away from my usual haunts in London and leading a 10 day tour around Scotland. Naturally the place to start of at is the beautiful city of Edinburgh. Like many other great cities, Edinburgh takes great pride in remembering those who made great impacts on the world or who contributed positively… Continue reading Photos of Edinburgh
Trooping The Colour
This saturday sees the annual national event known as Trooping The Colour and is the centrepiece for the official birthday celebrations of The Queen and will see The Mall, royal parks and Horseguards Parade backed with Union Jack waving crowds hoping to catch a glimpse of the Queen and members of the Royal Family, The… Continue reading Trooping The Colour
A Death Warrant from King Henry VIII
The little tat that King Henry VIII is one of the most famous arguments in history, it not only pitted one of the most powerful men of all time the representative of God on Earth, or the Pope but it also led to the creation of a major world religion in the shape of Anglican… Continue reading A Death Warrant from King Henry VIII
Stephen Liddell 