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You’ve likely heard of it, maybe seen it too but what is The Tower of London?? We’ve got to go back a thousand when William the Conqueror, fresh from all that conquering, founded the castle in 1066. Over the centuries, it’s served various purposes, including a royal palace, fortress, armory, and prison. Among other things, […]

Day two of our Battlefields tour and there are five stops, all within easy driving distance of each other.  Somme 1916 Museum The museum opened in 2016 to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, the museum has a fascinating collection of artefacts, including artillery and weapons as well as old photographs. The […]

An account of the Battle of the Somme by Private Tom Easton, 2nd Battalion Tyneside Scottish On July 1st I was not yet 20. When the whistle blew for the assault, the bagpipes started and we advanced towards the crater side-by-side, we didn’t want to look like cowards. There were enormous losses. Out of 1000 […]

Winston Churchill holidayed here frequently and Agatha Christie was a live-in guest for several months while writing Death on the Nile so you’d think high tea at the famed Old Cataract in Aswan would be a world-class, a five star experience. Unfortunately, the only thing you’d give five stars to is the room rate. Oh, […]

Before we left, I had all sorts of scenarios playing in my head about the things that could go wrong on this trip; illness, lost baggage, missed flights, but so far most of the frustrations in Asia have taken place pre-adventure; namely visa applications. Of all the things that I thought could go wrong, visas […]

Everyone imagines what India is like, endless crowds, gridlock traffic and exotic food. All of these things are true but for us, the one thing that has stood out above everything else here has been the intensity of spiritual life here, the way it defines and shapes people’s way of being, and the fact that […]