Over the past two months we have visited the Lake District and Peak District national parks in England. National Parks are areas protected by law to ensure the preservation of the natural and cultural landscapes, they are also some of our favourite places in the UK. Below are a selection of images from just 3 of… Read More 14 Pictures That Capture the Beauty of the UK’s National Parks
If you have come across our blog before you will know that we recently picked up a Nikon D3300. Sadly we’ve been so busy we have only had chance to play around with it a few times so we decided to take it up to the Long Mynd in Shropshire. The walk is beautiful and… Read More An Unsuccessful Photography Run Out
Since we began writing this blog we have realised that many photos we have from old travels aren’t great, pretty bad in some cases in fact. However we still thought that some people may be interested in seeing them and on a personal level we would like some way of logging our own travels. With this in… Read More Some very amateur photos of Durdle Door
We recently asked our followers on twitter if they thought it would be a good idea for travel bloggers to share their ‘expert’ knowledge on their hometown/region. The feedback that we got was very positive and made us believe in this idea even more. Yes, travel blogging is about our experiences but it is also… Read More Sharing your hometown… a good idea?
The Diamond Jubilee, 2012 Back in 2012 we entered a ballot to be invited to a picnic at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Apparently 1.2million people entered the ballot and we were lucky enough to get one of only 5,000 pairs of tickets. We completely forgot that we had applied and then… Read More When We got Invited To Buckingham Palace
The UK is a place of many castles and 2015 saw us visit several. Below are some photos that we have taken along the way. 1) Urquhart – Loch Ness 2) Kenilworth – Warwickshire 3) Dunnottar – Aberdeenshire 4) Criccieth – North Wales 5) Harlech – North Wales
We was just clearing up some space on our SD card and came across this picture from pretty much this same time last year. Last February we decided to spend a long weekend in the Lake District, a place that we have always loved. We rented a small cottage near to Cockermouth to use as… Read More The Lake District
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