What is a cream tea?
A Cream Tea is quintessentially British, just like one of its components, the scone. Scones are basically a lightly…
Thames Valley Symbols
First of all let’s clarify what is considered as Thames Valley. It is a region centred on the River…
Remembrance Day: Everything about the poppy
After Halloween people start to wear poppies in the UK and even cars and busses are decorated with plastic flowers…
Is there any logic in British vehicle registration numbers?
The British are different in many ways, why would the vehicle registration number be different? I am sure many of…
20 interesting facts about the Peak District
When one of my colleagues heard we were going to spend the bank holiday weekend in the Midlands, she pulled…
All Things Windsor
Now that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved into Frogmore Cottage and kindly ‘put Windsor on the map’ :)…
4 things you always have to carry in your bag in England
It was a beautiful, sunny spring day when we went out for lunch with my colleagues. We sat outside…
Two English garden games to play in the summer
The English summer cannot be imagined without a garden and an English country garden really should hold a picnic and…
Almshouses in England
There are many almshouses in England and you can surely find one in every second village or town. Although their…
5 travel goofs I made in England
When you visit a country, let alone start a new life abroad it is inevitable to make some travel goofs…