Ribbelhead is the quintessential example of how the Settle – Carlisle Railway was built. Its station is nowhere near a … More
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Grand day out
One of the reasons the Settle – Carlisle Railway is now well used is that it makes the most of … More
Settling on a train
The Settle to Carlisle train actually starts in Leeds and ought to be called the Leeds to Carlisle train. However, … More
Belgian buildings
I had not visited Belgium before. Not properly. I had passed through it many times while driving from Germany to … More
Atomium
While on the topic of extraordinary buildings of the 1950s, I finally visited the Atomium earlier this year. I remember … More
Cathedral of the waves
Why the authors of the article in “Die Denkmalpflege” magazine of 2016 chose the first part of this title is … More
The vote to change country
Yes, not a vote to change the country, but to join a country. That’s what happened in 1955 in the … More
Indoor oranges
Another precisely designed part of the gardens in Versailles is the Orangery. When we were there in April, the process … More
Fountains
Although I have been to and through Paris on a number of occasions, this April was the first time I … More
Roman baths
Not the ones in Bath, England, but the Caracalla baths in Rome. Both obviously built by Romans with the objective … More