by Kirsty | Last updated Feb 4, 2019 | Published on Jan 3, 2019 | Destinations, Historical sites
Anyone visiting the UK can be easily blown away and even overwhelmed by the enormous amount of history on offer whether that’s ancient stones, Roman ruins, medieval castles or Victorian architecture. Yes, we do have a lot! For anyone who is based near London...
by Kirsty | Last updated Jan 4, 2019 | Published on Dec 17, 2018 | Destinations, Historical sites
Visiting the beaches of Normandy, with its wealth of D-Day and world war 2 sites, was on our bucket list of things to do while in France and it’s one of those places that are well worth the visit. They can be accessed easily from either the UK or other parts of...
by Kirsty | Last updated Feb 6, 2019 | Published on Dec 7, 2018 | Destinations, Historical sites
The town of Colditz lies in East Germany and as such it’s not really on the tourist trail and definitely counts as an off the beaten track destination. There is something quite interesting about the castle here though so if you’re planning on visiting...
by Kirsty | Last updated Feb 4, 2019 | Published on Nov 28, 2018 | Destinations, Road trips
I’m a bit of a planning freak I’ll admit it – I love the planning of our road trips almost as much as doing them! When we were looking to do the trip a few years back I really struggled to find a good Route 66 planner with all the information that I...
by Kirsty | Last updated Jan 22, 2019 | Published on Nov 22, 2018 | Destinations, Historical sites
I’ve been on a mission lately to get our and rediscover some of our more local sites. It always surprises me that Sherwood Forest is so close by to us because we hardly ever visit. However, armed with our new dog Annie, we decided it was a perfect dog friendly...
by Kirsty | Last updated Feb 14, 2019 | Published on Nov 14, 2018 | Destinations, Historical sites
It’s one of the most popular tourist sites in the entire world, let alone just in Great Britain, so I figured a guide to visiting Stonehenge might well be worth creating for a history travel blog! This guide should answer all your questions that you have about...