Monthly Archives: June 2018

A visit to Clava Cairns

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in history, television, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Avebury, Burial Tombs, Clava Cairns, Neolithic, Outlander, Scotland, Stonecircle, Stonehenge, West Kennet | 17 Comments

An Outlander Day Tour of Scotland

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, television, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Cullross, Edinburgh, Falkland, Fife, Lallybroch, Midhope Castle, Outlander, Scotland | 9 Comments

All about driverless cars!

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

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, … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, News, Popular Culture, Science and Engineering, Travel | Tagged Automated Cars, Cars, Driverless Cars, Pods | 4 Comments

Rebuilding Battersea from the ground up.

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Cool Britannia, Life, London, News, Photography | Tagged Battersea, Battersea Dogs Home, Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms, Northern Line Extension | 3 Comments

Photos of Edinburgh

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Photography, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Mons Meg, Royal Mile, Scotland, Walter Scott | 4 Comments

Trooping The Colour

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Heritage, history, Life, London | Tagged Gun Salute, Household Cavalry, Major General's Review, Royal Family, The Queen, Trooping The Colour | 2 Comments

A Death Warrant from King Henry VIII

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

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 … Continue reading →