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Winter Tourism, Volume Two: National Media Museum, Bradford

By NancyD | Published: January 13, 2010
Welcome to another brisk and ever-so-slightly treacherous day in the UK! The weather here in West Yorkshire and, indeed, over most of the country is cold, icy, and threatening more of the same for the rest of the week. I’m in fact home today because without a car, it was just too dangerous [...]
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Winter Tourism, Volume One: Tropical World, Leeds

By NancyD | Published: January 11, 2010
One of the things that many American visitors dream of when they visit the UK is seeing castles, stately manor homes, and other such pieces of antiquity that just aren’t available in our young country.  I remember being amazed when I looked down at where I was standing in Westminster Abbey and seeing a date [...]
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Next Year, in Britain? Some Reminders for Christmas Travel in the UK

By NancyD | Published: December 27, 2009
As Dave has posted, some things go a bit haywire around the holidays as far as international travel goes, even when no one sets fire to his own trousers on board a plane. The lines at airports are longer, there are more tourists in places that are home to some of us, and things [...]
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Winter Vacation in Cumbria: Yes, Virginia, The Lake District is Still Open

By Dave | Published: December 22, 2009
Preview of a mid-January trip to England's Lake District.
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