When we think of the Cotswolds we think of honey and butter-colored buildings in quaint settings with beautiful village greens. What we usually don’t associate with this area are the network of canals that were created during the late 1700s to deliver goods and coal as at that time there were no railways. The first […]
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When compared to Tintern Abbey this is HUGE. Fountains Abbey is one of the largest monastic ruins in Britain. In common with many abbeys Fountains Abbey lies next to a river, in this case the River Skell in North Yorkshire. At a time when wealth came from the land this abbey became one of the
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I’m sharing with you one of my favorite places in the UK and Ireland. I’d like to paint a picture of a large ruined gothic church nestled next to the river Wye in a green valley. The sun has yet to break through and the mist is rising from the river, and you are watching
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Nestled in a bend on the River Severn the town occupies a strategic place at the junction of trade routes and some easy river crossings and in the 10th century a Saxon king ordered the town to be fortified and so the first castle was built. The current castle was originally founded in 1067. You
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Changing hands during its defining history, Edinburgh Castle triumphs as one of Europe’s oldest and most historically significant sites. Perched on a volcanic plug, Castle Rock overlooking Scotland’s capital, the imposing castle we know today was built in the 12th century. However, the hill hosted Scottish royals long before that. The first King of Scotland to reside
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