When I was a student I went all round the country but never really saw it. I played hockey (field that is for the Americans among you) for UCL 2nds (and once or twice 1sts but I was never really that good, more of a social player). Anyway, although we went to lots of other …
Category Archives: County Challenge
Nottinghamshire
This was always going to be the easiest county, as Simon and Fiona live there and so could plan everything for me. And so it turned out but much better than anyone could have hoped. Given it was a bank holiday weekend in England, it would have been a fair assumption that the weather would …
Hampshire
Another weekend, another trip. This time down to Hampshire on the south coast. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t the best but I still managed to get a look around both Portsmouth and Southampton. Not knowing either city it was interesting to see them both apparently in a huge state of upheaval. There is a lot of …
Kent
Getting a cracking hotel deal yesterday I headed down to Kent last night aiming for an early start this morning. Of course I managed to forget to charge my camera so had to rely on the camera phone. Actually the results aren’t too bad as long as you don’t expand them too much!. Kent is …
Northamptonshire
The next leg of the County Challenge was to Northamptonshire. A county of two halves, if you like. The countryside itself is lovely – rolling hils, lots of old farms and houses. In the morning I went to Althorp, the home of the Spencer family. The house itself was closed but the village was really …
Berkshire
The second trip of the 2005 County Challenge saw me in Berkshire to the west of London. I get the feeling that a lot of the tourist bits that I’ll do will be to historic places and this was no different with a trip around Windsor Castle and Donnington Castle ruins. Donnington was deserted, not …
Hertfordshire
The first leg of my 2005 County Challenge was a trip to Hertfordshire just north of London. I had planned to visit Knebworth House but in an act of stupidity hadn’t actually checked to see if it was open (something I’ll have to remember for future trips). So instead the first destination shifted to be …