Sunday Post: Rights of Way - Walking in England
This week, I share an excerpt from my first book, Adventures in Anglotopia, that I haven't shared with the club before. It's about the right to walk the English countryside…
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Sunday Post: The Anglotopia Guide to Pembrokeshire by Laura Porter
This week, we have a special long-read from our long-time correspondent Laura Porter, who you may remember moved to Wales last year. She's written us up a lovely guide to…
Sunday Post: Hadrian’s Wall Planning Update and the Wall's History Into the Modern Era
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Time for one of my semi-regular updates on my plans and training to walk Hadrian’s Wall, and then we follow the wall's history…
Sunday Post: The Castle of Your Dreams: A Rainy Day at Bodiam Castle
This week, we explore a picture postcard castle in Kent that I wish I'd had more time to explore.
Member Update
The podcast has finally returned from hiatus. This week…
Sunday Post: Exploring Winchester With Jetlag
This week, we take you on an exploration of Winchester, which we decided to visit right after a long transatlantic flight. It was worth it!
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It's the beginning…
Sunday Post: A Perfect Birthday in Shaftesbury, Dorset
Today is my birthday, so I thought it would be fun to take you on a trip I took over a decade ago to spend my birthday in Dorset. It's…
Sunday Post: Blists Hill - The Sounds of Progress
This week, we visit Shropshire again, this time to a special living museum that connects me to my childhood and my ancestors.
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The light is at the end…
Sunday Post: The Tiny Shropshire Town With a Global Connection
With the winter Olympics approaching, I thought it would be fun to tell you about a little town in Shropshire with a big connection to world events that charmed me…
Sunday Post: Sunday Post: Hadrian’s Wall Planning Update - Plus The Vindolanda Tablets
This week, I give an update on my plans to walk Hadrian’s Wall in August, plus we explore the amazing discovery that gave us a personal window into life on…
Sunday Post: New Year's On Gold Hill
As part of a new yearly tradition here, we're going to reshare our experiences of staying in the UK over New Year's. It was a magical week where we had…
Sunday Post: Christmas on Gold Hill
This week for the Sunday Post, we continue our yearly tradition of sharing our story of the time we spent Christmas in the most wonderful place in England - Gold…
Sunday Post: A Festive Guide to British Christmas Traditions
This week, we have a special exploration of British Christmas cultural traditions that aren't really practiced across the pond in the USA.
Member Update
Technically, our podcast hiatus has begun…
Sunday Post: Concorde's Supersonic Prison
This week, I share another excerpt from my next book, this time a chapter about the Concorde museum in Bristol.
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Welcome to the 12 or so new members…
Sunday Post: Hadrian’s Wall Training Update - Wall History From the Normans to the Border Wars
Photo by Gabe Fender on Unsplash
This week, I give another regular update on my plans to walk Hadrian’s Wall next year, and as we explore the history of this…
Sunday Post: A Very London Christmas day out
This week, I built a time machine and went back to 2013 and wrote about a Christmas day out in London we had when we visited for a month over…
Sunday Post: The Village Built Out of Spite
This week, I share another excerpt from my upcoming book, Searching for the Heart of Britain, about a special village in Dorset that was built out of spite and…
Sunday Post: Tea is the Glue That Holds Britain Together Culturally
This week, we explore Tea and how it basically holds British society together, and has for most of its modern history! This is always a fun topic to explore. What's…
Sunday Post: The Castle Ruin and the New House it Replaced
This week, I explore a special place I was surprised to discover I hadn't written about properly yet - a beautiful National Trust property that includes not one but two…
Sunday Post: The Pure Joy of Autumn in England
This week, I write about how Autumn in England is pretty much the best kind of Autumn that a person can experience.
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Sunday Post: Preparing for Hadrian’s Wall October Update and Why Was the Wall Abandoned?
This week, I talk about some major updates on my quest to walk Hadrian's Wall next summer, then we explore why the wall was abandoned and what happened to it…
