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When I returned to the UK in May of last year, I found the transition to be quite jarring in terms of legally permissible EDC knives. In Canada I quite happily carried anything I damn well pleased, as the legislation is so vague (knives are legal, weapons are not – the cop gets to decide...Read More »
The dark silhouette of the trees cut a stark and striking image - but this is not the Tanzanian or Kenyan savannah - it is County Durham.
Looking for all the amazing things to do on Holy Island? This list has it all with crossing the Holy Island causeway, Castles, Museums, Ruins & Vikings
WITH VIDEO: A large chunk of Brighton's West Pier has fallen into the sea - and the trust which owns it says more collapses could follow.
I was in the North East today and fed up with motorway so i came back across the Yorkshire Dales The Yorkshire Dales is the name given to an upland area in Northern England. The area lies within the historic county boundaries of Yorkshire, though it spans the ceremonial counties of North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Cumbria. Most of the area falls within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, created in 1954, and now one of the fifteen National parks of Britain, but the term also includes areas to the east of the National Park, notably Nidderdale..
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee preparations: flags and bunting around the UK.
Exploring Ireland, Europe and the world of food by a self confessed foodie living in Ireland and exploring Europe.
At the height of Holden’s growing automotive export program, a plan to send the first Statesman to ‘Dear Old Blighty’ began to form.
Missing the sights, smells and tastes of Great Britain? Whatever you’re missing, there’s never been a better time to pop back to good old Blighty: http://ow....
In our second and final wedding feature today, we're back in good old Blighty to enjoy these bright and beautiful photographs that were sent in by fine
Woody arrived in 'good ole Blighty' when he was about 4 months old. Woody is the delightful son of Hawkfield Mischief Maker for Guanabara JW ShCM ( Jackpot ) and Champion Dwimorberg of Szedresi (...
Last Sunday I had the pleasure of meeting up with fellow bloggers Natasha and Vicky, and also for the first time got to meet Nicola, whose imagination is behind the hauntingly beautiful posts you might have seen on All the Big Trees. This lovely trio came to visit me in Leamington and I have to …
Back to Blighty is a diceless card game, which is played mainly with 4 decks of terrain cards and a player sheet. Your plane is shot down over enemy occupied France and you manage to find a French family but you cannot stay there too long you must find the safe house. 6 different pilots with different characteristics to choose from 12 different routes that must be followed. You have 4 different terrain types, Countryside, road, river and railway. Traveling by night you pick a relevant card which has a distance and time these are moved along a track. The longer you are out the more tired you become, but you must find somewhere to rest before daylight comes. some cards are German soldiers but these may be avoided if the conditions are right, if you are challenged I hope your language skills are up to scratch and that the 6 days in the outdoors isn't going to give you away. Tactical decisions include how long into the morning are you prepared to travel before you find somewhere to rest for the day, balance this with how good will you be if you were challenged by a German soldier. How far you have to travel before your safe compared to the fact the more days your out the more disheveled you look and therefor more suspicious. Other things included are crossing rivers, swimming, boat, or bridge, weather which may change half way through the night. The heavier the rain the less likely you will be challenged but the less rest you will get. Going into a town to seek resistance members but beware the Gestapo and German sympathizers. Stamina, food, blending in, stealing a German soldiers push-bike all take a role.
Happy Bank Holiday weekend to those of my readers in old Blighty and a great start to the week for everyone else. At least three of my favourite ceramic designers included birds in their collections. To be honest their work still has a passion and delight for me, some fifty plus years after it was…
In exactly one week my dearest younger sister will be boarding an airbus and making her way from Old Blighty down to Cape Town. It has been two and a half years since I last saw her and to say that I am excited could be the understatement of the year! The prospect of having…
Lots of tech changes this year (2015’s Tech Spec for comparison). As you know, Elise and I moved continents for our new home in Old Blighty’ and consequently we have overhauled our primary workstations with some shiny new hardware once we’d settled in. Sadly, some changes were as a result of tech breaking, and I replaced […]
No speak Americano? Luckily, these guys do. They’ll even paint you like one of those French girls...well, not really, but they do paint unique rosettes…
It's midweek here in old Blighty, and yesterday I spotted a new trend ... Floral Beards. I'm not sure how long they'd stay in for, (the flowers, not the trend) but the idea is certainly blooming ! (groan) Credits for each image and more like these can be found over at Bored Panda, and on Sarah Winward's beautiful flower focussed site. Continuing on…
