Roaming Hadrian’s Wall 2021 Style
admin2021-09-23T13:18:46-07:00ENGLAND Hadrian's Wall - I’m a purist trekker when it comes to walking long-distance designated trails, insisting that they be step-by-step odysseys completed in one [...]
St. Michael’s Mount unexpected garden
admin2021-02-28T15:57:49-08:00ENGLAND Cornwall - If the tide is out, you can walk a quarter-mile cobblestone causeway to St. Michael’s Mount. Don't worry if you linger on [...]
Hampton Court’s gardens tell centuries of tales
admin2020-04-14T15:40:08-07:00Sweeping landscape surrounds England's 16th century answer to France's Versailles. ENGLAND Surrey - Every year, thousands of people from all over the world [...]
Tresco Abbey Garden, Isles of Scilly
admin2020-03-29T10:43:56-07:00Tresco's Abbey Gardens are like no other in Britain, and possibly Europe. ENGLAND Scilly - In the early morning light, Grand Circle Cruise [...]
Wales’ very personal Crystal Garden
admin2020-03-29T10:50:48-07:00Pink thrift edges a narrow path along Pembrokshire's stunning coastal trailway. WALES St. David's Head - There are two traveler’s “must-dos” when visiting [...]
London’s Victoria Embankment Gardens
admin2020-04-16T12:20:56-07:00The Victoria Embankment Gardens offer a peaceful retreat from London's bustling center. ENGLAND London - Westminster Abbey, the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, Houses [...]
Garden Museum showcases British love of gardening
admin2020-04-16T14:42:17-07:00London's Garden Museum, housed in the recently renovated St. Mary-at-Lambeth church, immerses visitors in gardening times gone by in its now light and airy, [...]
The Bishop’s Palace Gardens
admin2020-04-02T13:05:32-07:00The Cathedral of St. Andrew's image captured in a reflecting pool. ENGLAND Wells - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Robert Burnell, was [...]
Invoking Jane Austen
admin2021-11-20T17:38:56-08:00ENGLAND Bath - Bath was awash in Jane Austen character lookalikes. Hundreds of Mr. Darcys and Mrs. Bennets filled the sidewalks of this patrician small [...]
Cornwall – the Lost Gardens of Heligan
admin2020-04-05T11:10:41-07:00A garden, perhaps, lay hidden under 70-years of debris. (Photo: Heligan Gardens LTD.) ENGLAND Cornwall - It was February 16, 1990. Only the [...]