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England’s Secret Historic Hotel Network

I don’t know what’s more astonishing– discovering so many spectacular historic buildings where ordinary people can actually spend the night, or the fact that most of them won’t cost me more than £20 per person a night … OR that it took me so long to discover the Landmark Trust. Hiding in the shadows of the mainstream…

47 Days to Leave their Village and Never Return

An eviction notice is never the kind of letter you want to receive, but in 1943, the villagers of Imber, on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, all received the very same letter, regretting to inform them “that it is necessary to evacuate” their home to be “made available for training by December 17th”, giving them just 47 days to…

Sunset Snooping in an Abandoned Roadside Chateau

So I’ll pick up where I left off yesterday. We were taking the scenic route back to Paris via bumpy country roads and soaking up the last of the Sunday sun, when we rolled through a tiny village called Bréau… Without a soul in sight, the village seemed forgotten by the rest of the world. Even McDonalds hasn’t…

My Somerset Goldilocks Getaway

This is me just doing a little bit of day-dreaming and today I’ve landed in Somerset, England, where I play the part of Goldilocks, who discovers an inviting countryside cottage through the trees, looks through a window, peeps through the keyhole, lifts the latch and proceeds to curl up in every room in the house… You’ve arrived…
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