Category Archives: Travel

Posts predominantly travel related.

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 | 1 Comment

My ride in the last ever petrol London Black Taxi

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

In my role as a tour guide, I get to explore every hidden corner of London, though after nearly 5 years I sometimes feel like I am still just learning the ropes. Every day, every neaighbourhood reveals new secrets, new … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Heritage, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Black Taxi, Hackney Carriage, London, London Taxi, London Transport, Tours, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | 1 Comment

2,000 years on Bath Abbey is set to use the famous hot water that the Romans did!

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Long before the Romans, it was the ancient Celts who lived across the British Isles who first noticed the hot waters spewing forth from deep beneath the the surface of the Earth, In fact, they used to pray there. When … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, history, Science and Engineering, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bath, Bath Abbey, Bath and Stonehenge, Energy, Green Issues, Renewable Energy, Roman Baths | 1 Comment

Ye Olde England Tours is Hiring!

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Most of you will know that I run a small tours company based in London. We do a large number of walking tours in London itself along with plenty of day trip car based tours to places of interest such … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Jobs, London, Recruitment, Tour guide, Vacancy, We're Hiring | 9 Comments

My final Map Medlee!

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

This is the final posting in my recent collection of motley maps, at least for now. France is a pretty big country by any going, the only European nation that wouldn’t necessarily be dwarfed by countries on other … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, Life, Travel | Tagged France, Game of Thrones, India, Maps, Mars, Pakistan, Springfield, The Simpsons, Vikings, Westeros | 3 Comments

21 Types of Air Passengers that make life hell.

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

I don’t know about you but I hate flying. I’ve flown 39 times and each one I have hated it. I’m a long distance train sort of person but sometimes flying is the only practical option and if zooming around … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny & Humour, Life, Opinion, Travel | Tagged Airport Checkin, Airports, Backpacks, children, Passengers, Reclining Seats, Security | 13 Comments

A Multitude of Maps

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

I had so many maps from my previous post Messing Around With Maps that I couldn’t fit them all in one post. So here are another batch. This interesting map shows the relative population density of the UK … Continue reading →