A man with no legs flew out of Duxford, shot down a German aircraft. I’m not sure Sir Douglas was a nice man but he was certainly iconic. Fancying a day out I nipped down to his old haunting grounds today. Nice airfield, berms and shelters still in place 80 years later, various buildings looking […]

This is England. I’ve seen many countries, and it’s nice to remember just how awesome this one is. England’s smallest historic county is also mostly under water. This makes it attractive to people that like water sports and the lack of urban centres means that the county is mostly farmland or touristy. I pass through […]

After yesterday was announced the “hottest day of the year so far” spotting that today was going to be a beautiful day, not a cloud in sight, it made sense to get into the car and go for a drive. It’s a terrible day to own an open top car. If I put the top […]

The word castle evokes tall thick stone walls, crenellations, ideally a moat, a portcullis and murder holes. So I was naughty when I sprung a mystery castle on friends for a day out. Where I actually took them is Belvoir Castle. For five hundred years the site did have a proper medieval fortification, although it […]

  Couldn’t sleep one night a couple of weeks ago so had a quick day out. Although it was 5am when I got to my destination. First saw this viaduct from around 12 miles away, spent an hour trying to find it but hadn’t appreciated just how darn big it is, so I’d been searching […]