If a trip to Bury St Edmunds is on your radar then you’ll want to be visiting the Abbey as well. The ruins have an immense history and they celebrate 1000 years from the founding of the abbey which is quite incredible. Read on to find out more, why it’s so important and what you […]
Author Archives: Kirsty
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Jan
Jan
Nestled in Suffolk, England, Bury St Edmunds could just be another small English town. It’s fairly small and you can wander around easily on foot and there’s actually loads to do there too! In this post I’m going to be looking at things to do in Bury St Edmunds and hopefully convince you to […]
Destinations, Historical sites
Guide to visiting Culloden Moor and Battlefield near Inverness, Scotland
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Dec
Dec
Having grown up in Scotland I’d always heard of the Battle of Culloden and I also knew of the term Jacobites – it was mentioned a lot! But I didn’t really know a lot about the history there and on our travels around Scotland decided that I really needed to learn a little bit more […]
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Dec
Dec
Rising above the Paris landscape, the Eiffel Tower is a landmark that makes you feel like you really arrived. Is there anything that just screams Parisian more than this giant iron structure? If you’re visiting France’s capital city it’s more than likely on your list of things to see so let’s look at what you […]
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Nov
Nov
It was my third trip to the Netherlands and I was so determined to see windmills this time. It was beginning to feel like perhaps windmills were just there for tourists in the touristy areas and maybe not part of real life for the Dutch. As it happened, I saw many windmills on my 3rd […]
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Nov
Nov
If you’re looking to explore the Normandy World War 2 sites then a D-Day beaches self drive tour is a perfect way to see the area. It’s a fairly compact area with plenty to see and do whether you’re a complete history addict or just want to pay respects to the troops who lost their […]
My daughter did her first solo trip this past year so last Christmas was spent getting ALL the travel related gifts! I think almost everything we went for was received really well and useful so I wanted to write up what gifts I recommend getting someone who loves to travel. You’ll find these are pretty […]
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Nov
Nov
I’ve been travelling to London a lot these past couple of months and you’d think that I could manage to fit in all the sites with the amounts of times I’ve been there. Not so! London is really spread out so getting to all the tourist sites that might be on your list can be […]
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Oct
Oct
2021 Update – it seems that the Historic Scotland Pass has been paused right now. I assume it’s a Covid casualty and so I hope it will come back soon. I’ll leave this post here in the hopes either it comes back or a new version replaces it! We visit Scotland all the time and […]
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Oct
Oct
Depending on the type of travel you like, visiting Scotland in winter could sound like an absolute dream or a bit of a nightmare! It’s actually our preferred time to visit though and it’s overwhelmingly our most common time to go. Here are some tips for your winter vacation in Scotland and some ideas on […]
