If you spend much time around Scottish TV and culture, you’ll eventually hear of a holiday called Hogmanay. If you’re not sure what it is, the short answer is this: It’s the Scottish celebration of the last day of the year. Bigger, more ebullient, and a little darker than a typical Western New Year’s Eve …
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Whilst planning a 15-day tour of England and Scotland for my parents, one of the highlights of their trip was stone circle access at Stonehenge. Unlike most visitors, they were able to go beyond the ropes and walk around inside the circle, examining the stones up close and experiencing the site from the inside out. …
Read moreThe Mystery of Stonehenge Special Access: How to Get the Inner Circle Tour
One of my favourite things to do in any city is to track down independent bookshops and buy something at each one. Aside from the fact that it helps keep bookshops open for future readers to enjoy, you can write a few notes inside the cover and have a much nicer souvenir than some plastic …
Read moreThe Most Beautiful Independent Bookshops in London, England
Editor’s Note: This guest post comes to us from David and Debra Rixon, creators and hosts of the Footloose Travel series. Together, they create delightfully lengthy, in-depth European travel videos full of great scenery and invaluable travel tips. You can purchase or rent their Lake District tour HERE on Amazon, and you can follow them …
Read moreWonderful Windermere: Travelling England’s Lake District
To those not accustomed to the Scottish tradition, Robert Burns Night might seem an odd thing. In the middle of the cold, dark, long winter, Scots (and many non-Scots with Scottish ancestry) come together on January 25th to read the poetry of Robert “Rabbie” Burns, enjoy some traditional music, and eat a meal of soup, …
Read moreWhat is Robert Burns Night & Why Do People Celebrate It?
If you’re an American who enjoys travel to the UK, you’ve probably been wondering about some of the latest headlines: “British Pound Plummets to Record Low Against the Dollar” “Pound Hits Record Low After Tax Cut Plans” “Strong Dollar is Good for the US but Bad for the World” “Pound Resumes Slide after BoE and …
In the United Kingdom, city status is conferred upon places by letters patent or royal charter. It’s kind of a quirky system, where some cities are actually neighborhoods that don’t contain the entire city in the traditional sense (like the City of London or the City of Westminster), while other cities are actually made up …
Editor’s Note: This is another great post from David and Debra Rixon of the Footloose travel video series. Their feature-length travel videos off deep dives into a variety of British and other European destinations, and you can check out descriptions and links to their videos HERE. You can keep up with their latest productions by …
Read moreTravel Follow-Along: Footloose TV Visits York, England
The Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is one of the loveliest places on the planet, but very few people are lucky enough to call the region home. The rest of us will simply have to make due with visits, TV shows, and pretty photographs. As cooler weather sets in throughout much of the northern …
Read moreSo Lovely it Hurts: Beautiful Cotswold Villages in Autumn
From Debra and David Rixon – Grindelwald Productions, check out their UK and Europe based travel videos Amazon Prime Video and Vimeo on Demand Eight alternative things to do in London! Like every capital city, London has its accepted ‘tourist trails’ and must-see attractions, which we hope we covered in our Footloose in London film, …
Read more8 Undiscovered and Unusual Places to Visit in London