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A trip to Polesden Lacey

As I have mentioned many times before, I am one of the guides at Arundel Castle whilst it is open over the spring to autumn season. In...

Stonehenge - a ritual site and also a prehistoric way of marking time. About a year ago, I saw an advertisement in a local magazine for...

If you asked the average person in Britain to name a festival or tradition that takes place during the winter, their first response would...

We recently went to Norfolk for the weekend, for a family party. It was taking place in one of the villages near King’s Lynn, so we...

Every year the staff at Arundel Castle have the chance to go on an outgoing, which is organised by our head guide, Brenda. We always go...

I’m sure everyone has been pleasantly surprised from time to time by a friend ringing and inviting them out for the day. That is exactly...

On Wednesday, we went on the longest of our day trips, which necessitated an early breakfast. Then we followed the road back to Mallaig...

My blog will be slightly different for the next two months and will be more of a travelogue. The reason for this is that we went on...

Things have been rather hectic over the past few weeks and I’ve just realised that I missed posting a blog in April. To make up for that...

When most people think of old English churchyards, they imagine slightly unkempt, uneven rows of gravestones, with the slabs leaning to...