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
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My ride in the last ever petrol London Black Taxi
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 shortcuts, new quirky bits of history and new ways of getting from A to B.… Continue reading My ride in the last ever petrol London Black Taxi
2,000 years on Bath Abbey is set to use the famous hot water that the Romans did!
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 the Romans arrived, they built a complex of baths and steam rooms to harness the… Continue reading 2,000 years on Bath Abbey is set to use the famous hot water that the Romans did!
Ye Olde England Tours is Hiring!
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 as Bath, Stonehenge, Windsor Castle and similar places. Thankfully business has been good and we’re… Continue reading Ye Olde England Tours is Hiring!
My final Map Medlee!
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 countinents. However, incredibly it is the almost the exact same size as Olympus Mons… Continue reading My final Map Medlee!
21 Types of Air Passengers that make life hell.
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 the skies miles in the air ina hollow tube isn’t bad enough, then there are… Continue reading 21 Types of Air Passengers that make life hell.
A Multitude of Maps
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 and the USA in an interesting way. Each coloured zone of the USA has the… Continue reading A Multitude of Maps
Walking Hadrian’s Wall For Cancer Research
A different sort of post just for a change. This week is the birthday of my Mother whose death occurred almost 5 years ago. She suffered from cancer on several occasions and so my wife, uncle and I have decided that we are going to do something positive in her memory. We’re going to walk… Continue reading Walking Hadrian’s Wall For Cancer Research
A World Of Languages
Whilst working on my previous post There’s English and there’s English, I came across this wonderful chart on languages. There are at least 7,102 known languages alive in the world today. Twenty-three of these languages are a mother tongue for more than 50 million people. The 23 languages make up the native tongue of 4.1… Continue reading A World Of Languages
The Roman Ruins Under A London Hairdressers
I hope you’ve all enjoyed my recent guide to some of the remaining sights of Roman London. Since writing those posts, last week I carried out my very first Roman Walking Tour of London from someone who must have seen my posting. The tour went very well with the friendly chap from Istanbul, a city… Continue reading The Roman Ruins Under A London Hairdressers
Stephen Liddell 