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31 stories from 30 places visited between 2004 and 2026

February 2026 London, United Kingdom A rainy weekend of roasts, scones and red buses Inside London's most iconic shops, the Harrods Food Halls, Liberty's Tudor building and Fortnum & Mason, plus a rainy weekend of roasts, scones and red buses.
November 2017 Isle of Wight, United Kingdom A day across the Solent to brick abbeys and wallabies Two Isle of Wight trips: a June 2012 day of Quarr Abbey, wallabies and clifftop paths, then back in November 2017 for Cowes and thatched Shanklin Old Village.
September 2017 Brighton, United Kingdom Finishing the Color Run covered in paint and foam The Color Run on Brighton seafront: foam, powder paint and the happiest 5K down Madeira Drive, September 2017.
November 2015 Oxford, United Kingdom The tower climb, the Pitt Rivers and the dinosaurs Two days out in Oxford: the climb up the University Church tower for the skyline, and the Pitt Rivers and Natural History Museum when the weather turned.
October 2015 Leicester, United Kingdom Inside the Soviet capsule at the National Space Centre October 2015 at the National Space Centre in Leicester: a Soviet craft stamped CCCP, a gold-visored astronaut statue and a British Aerospace badge.
September 2015 Old Sarum, United Kingdom Jumping out of a plane over Wiltshire as a birthday present A 15,000 foot tandem skydive at Old Sarum with GoSkydive, booked as Inga's birthday present: the nerves, the freefall and the instructor with jokes.
September 2015 London, United Kingdom Twenty years of it, from the Eye to the Olympics Twenty years of London in one place: student years with a bad camera, volleyball gold and basketball bronze at the 2012 Olympics, and the summer of 2015.
July 2015 Gloucester, United Kingdom Tudor timber, medieval floor tiles and a tall ship at the docks A July 2015 afternoon in Gloucester: the cathedral and its cloisters, mosaics underfoot, a tall ship at the docks and the ruins of St Oswald's Priory.
April 2014 Portsmouth, United Kingdom Three ships in a day, from HMS Warrior to the submarine Alliance Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in April 2014: HMS Victory's gun deck, HMS Warrior at her berth, and a walk through the submarine HMS Alliance in Gosport.
April 2014 Whipsnade Zoo, United Kingdom Whole hillsides for paddocks and maras on the lawn ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in April 2014: free-roaming maras, white rhinos on the hillside, a brown bear in the long grass, and a bird and butterfly finale.
December 2013 Woburn Safari Park, United Kingdom Driving through with Amur tigers a car length away Woburn Safari Park in December 2013: eland and white rhino from the car, Amur tigers in the winter sun, and a great grey owl meeting Inga nose to beak.
July 2012 Torquay, United Kingdom The coastline from the deck of a Torbay boat Torquay from the water in July 2012: the Livermead seafront, a rainbow of beach huts, a breakwater lighthouse, one rusty trawler and a bird in the ropes.
July 2012 Eden Project, United Kingdom A rainforest indoors and a giant made of old appliances The Eden Project in July 2012: bubble-wrap biomes in an old Cornish clay pit, a rainforest indoors, strange waxy flowers and a giant made of scrap.
June 2012 Betws-y-Coed, United Kingdom The Gateway to Snowdonia in honest Welsh rain A wet June 2012 morning in Betws-y-Coed with Dileep's brother: the Gateway to Snowdonia welcome sign, the park boundary marker, and honest Welsh rain.
June 2012 Chester Zoo, United Kingdom Iguanas, chameleons and a cheetah in the buttercups A June 2012 day at Chester Zoo: red river hogs at the waterhole, sparring zebras, a cheetah in the buttercups, and Sumatran tigers with name boards.
May 2012 Silchester, United Kingdom The lost Roman town of Calleva, now a circuit of walls and meadows Silchester in Hampshire, May 2012: walking the Roman walls of Calleva Atrebatum, the North Gate, St Mary's church and meadows full of dandelion clocks.
May 2012 Nottingham, United Kingdom Robin Hood, England's oldest inn, and caves under the city Nottingham in May 2012: hard hats in the sandstone caves, the Robin Hood statue beneath the castle walls, and Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, England's oldest inn.
May 2012 Peak District, United Kingdom Underground at Poole's Cavern, then a folly above Buxton A May 2012 day in the Peak District at Buxton: the lit chambers of Poole's Cavern, the climb through Grin Low woods, and the view from Solomon's Temple.
May 2012 Sheffield, United Kingdom Where the city ends and the Peak District moors begin Sheffield in May 2012, with the Peak District on the doorstep: cycling the Monsal Trail near Bakewell, a riverside dale walk, and a moor-edge pub.
May 2012 Lake District, United Kingdom Castlerigg stone circle, and a week of falling water A May 2012 week in the Lake District: out on Windermere by motorboat, a heritage railway, Beatrix Potter's world in Bowness, and the stones at Castlerigg.
October 2011 Our Wedding The day we got married at St John the Baptist in Caversham, Reading, 7 October 2011: a vintage Rolls-Royce, bridesmaids in pink and a harpist playing Cavatina.
June 2011 Greenwich, United Kingdom The Old Royal Naval College campus, coursework and a late bowling night The oldest photos on this whole site: our University of Greenwich years, the chapel and Painted Hall at Christmas 2004, then coursework, cables and bowling.
August 2010 Leeds Castle, United Kingdom The Kent castle where a plane wrote the proposal in the sky The day Dileep went down on one knee on the moat bridge at Leeds Castle in Kent, and a plane spelled out the question overhead. August 2010: she said yes.
July 2010 Canterbury, United Kingdom Nine centuries of Gothic stone at the cathedral Canterbury in July 2010: the painted heraldry of Christ Church Gate, the cathedral filling every viewfinder, and a summer when Kent felt like home turf.
July 2010 Dover, United Kingdom The Roman lighthouse and wartime tunnels of Dover Castle Dover Castle in July 2010: working the switchboard in the secret wartime tunnels, then long grass beside the Roman pharos and St Mary-in-Castro.
July 2010 Bath, United Kingdom The Roman baths nobody bathes in any more Bath in July 2010: the green Great Bath and its statue-lined terrace, Bath Abbey next door, a sweeping Georgian curve and organ pipes under fan vaulting.
April 2010 Rochester, United Kingdom Climbing the Norman keep for the best view of the cathedral An April 2010 day in Rochester with Dileep's parents: the cathedral's painted organ pipes, blossom on the green, and the view from the castle keep.
July 2008 Inchcolm Island, United Kingdom Scotland's best preserved monastic ruin, out in the Forth Inchcolm in July 2008: a boat across the Firth of Forth to a mediaeval abbey, a climb up the tower, and wartime defences out on the headland.
July 2008 Glasgow, United Kingdom Walking the Clyde from the Finnieston Crane to the Armadillo Glasgow in July 2008: George Square bus stops, a walk along the Clyde past Bell's Bridge and the Clyde Arc, and the Armadillo on the waterfront.
March 2008 Windsor, United Kingdom The Round Tower and the first daffodils, on a 2008 compact camera Windsor Castle in March 2008: a Royal Weddings exhibition poster by the castle walls, the Round Tower over its rock garden, and orange date stamps on every frame.
June 2004 Stonehenge, United Kingdom Standing at the stones on Salisbury Plain A June 2004 afternoon at Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain: the sarsen circle, the rope line and a very 2004 polo shirt.