A very English pastime: bird feeding
The English love feeding their wild birds and spend an incredible amount of £200-300 million on bird food per…
Gargoyles and grotesques of Windsor Castle
Perhaps it is not unusual that a medieval church and also St George’s Chapel in Windsor are full of…
Thames Valley trades and crafts
There are some traditional and less traditional industries in the Thames Valley and the neighbouring Chilterns. Some of them…
When in England, do as the English Do
As The Saying goes "When in Rome, do as the Romans Do" so this is how you could do…
Two favourite cakes of the British – recipes
Eating cakes is almost as important in Britain as drinking tea, more precisely having tea with cake is the…
24 reasons why you should visit the Thames Valley
This post appeared as an English Countryside advent calendar on the blog's Facebook page and I pulled it together…
Windsor Great Park’s famous oak trees
Windsor Forest used to be a huge oak forest but because of landscaping and timber used for building houses,…
The Little House in Windsor
In the last post you could read about what is around in Windsor Great Park. Now, there is something…
Windsor Great Park explained
Windsor Great park might be confusing at first glance and given what all is available in this magnificent park,…
‘Oyez, Oyez, Oyez!’ – The town crier
Does 'Oyez, oyez, oyez' ring a bell? Yes, this is what town criers shout to attract attention. But who…