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Journey to… Burnmouth

Burnmouth, or Lower Burnmouth to be precise, is a small fishing village at the foot of a steep cliff where the burn slices through the rock.

Journey to… Coldingham Bay

Coldingham Bay beloved of surfers and beach hut enthusiasts, lies to the south of Eyemouth. In recent years a find of photographic plates documenting the area by John…

Journey to… Temple

On a May bank holiday the usually bustling Temple area is silent. The Lion… …and the Lamb. The two Inns of Court: Inner Temple (eastern part) and Middle…

Journey to… Highgate Cemetery

Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in north London which opened in 1839. We took a small pilgrimage to visit Douglas Adams and Bert Jansch although there…

Journey to… Sweetheart Abbey

Sweetheart Abbey south of Dumfries, near to the Nith in south-west Scotland, was a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1275 by Dervorguilla of Galloway, daughter of Alan, Lord of…

Journey to… Caerlaverock

“the most ambitious early classical domestic architecture in Scotland” Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle built in the 13th century and occupied until 1640 when the castle…

Journey to … Alnmouth

Happy New Year – January sunshine in delightful Northumberland!

Journey to… the Red Road

The Red Road flats will soon be demolished and a landmark site in Glasgow will be gone.

Journey to… Hermitage Castle

“the guardhouse of the bloodiest valley in Britain…” Managed by Historic Scotland, Hermitage Castle has a long and bloody history dating back to the 1300s situated in the…