Long Meg in the afternoon
Long Meg in the afternoon
Meg was a witch, and an exceptionally tall one.  One day, she was messing about with her daughters, as witches do, trying to get them organised into a nice, neat, circle, when along came a wizard and turned them all…
A bit about North West England
A bit about North West England
Including the counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. North West England extends from the attractive market towns of Cheshire, through the vast urban areas around Liverpool, Manchester, Preston and Blackburn/Burnley, to the wilds of Cumbria in the…
Is Eilean Donan Castle a fake?
Is Eilean Donan Castle a fake?
Eilean Donan Castle, ubiquitous star of movies, calendars, biscuit tins and tea-towels, is pretty much a 20th-century creation.  Rescued from almost total ruin, it says something for its rebuild, and the success of Scottish tourism, that it is not only…
Queen Victoria’s Osborne House
Queen Victoria’s Osborne House
Royal Osborne House is unlike most palaces and stately homes you will ever visit. There is no lengthy history, no convoluted ownership; Osborne House was the creation of Queen Victoria and her beloved husband the Prince Consort, Albert of Saxe-Coburg…
A bit about Constable Country
A bit about Constable Country
ABAB’s regular reader (thank you – the cheque’s in the post) will know that my knowledge of art could be sketched on the back of very small postage stamp.  Nevertheless, in the endless pursuit of intriguing stories and occasionally stimulating…
Missing Great Gable
Missing Great Gable
I’ll never forget my first experience of Great Gable.  It was during a geography field trip to the English Lakes, I was callow youth of 17 and, up to that point, the landscape opening up all around had belonged on…
The legend of Wayland’s Smithy
The legend of Wayland’s Smithy
Wayland’s Smithy was my next stop on a visit that included Uffington’s White Horse and hillfort.  The Smithy is a Neolithic tomb – technically a chambered long barrow, similar to the one at West Kennet – and it is located…
The Silver Sands of Morar
The Silver Sands of Morar
Unless you knew, you wouldn’t believe this is in Scotland would you? What some know as the Road to the Isles, the A830, runs from Fort William to Mallaig in the west, taking in spectacular views and notable sites such…
On top of Seven Sisters
On top of Seven Sisters
Before anyone gets carried away with gratuitous salacity, the Seven Sisters are chalk cliffs on the south east coast of England.  Do not confuse them with another Seven Sisters, an area of London in N15, near Tottenham.  Exciting and attractive…
Tank!
Tank!
They needed to break the deadlock.  By the end of 1914, men had gone to ground in the wasteland of the Western Front.  Perhaps, some thought, a breakthrough would come when the weather improved and cavalry could be used.  But…

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