Tag Archives: English history
My next adventure: Walking across England
One danger of living in London is that there is so much to see and do that you never get out of the city to explore the rest of this island that constitutes Great Britain. I will do something against … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, UK
Tagged adventure, camping, England, English history, Esbit, Great Britain, Hadrian's Wall, Hadrian's Wall path, hiking, Irish Sea, Limes, Newcastle, North Sea, outdoors, Romans, solitude, survival, walking
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Fireworks for Bonfire Night 2010 at Blackheath in London
Every first week in November, all over Great Britain fireworks are lit up for “Bonfire Night” to commemorate the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. A group of English Catholics around Guy Fawkes had conspired to kill King James I and to … Continue reading
Posted in History, London, Travel, UK
Tagged Blackheath, Bonfire Night, English history, fireworks, Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fakwes, Guy Fawkes Night
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The Happy Hermit 