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Ribblehead

Ribbelhead is the quintessential example of how the Settle – Carlisle Railway was built. Its station is nowhere near a … More

railway, Ribblehead, Ribblehead Viaduct, settle to carlisle railway, Settle-Carlisle, sheep, stations, train, trains, travel, Viaduct, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Grand day out

One of the reasons the Settle – Carlisle Railway is now well used is that it makes the most of … More

Grand Day Out, hiking, Ribble, Settle, Settle-Carlisle, train, travel, walking, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Dales National Park

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

England, Settle, settle to carlisle railway, signal box, steam train, train, trains, travel, water tower, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales

Belgian buildings

I had not visited Belgium before. Not properly. I had passed through it many times while driving from Germany to … More

architecture, Belgium, Brussels, Europe, Public art, travel

Atomium

While on the topic of extraordinary buildings of the 1950s, I finally visited the Atomium earlier this year. I remember … More

Atomium, Belgium, Brussels, Expo, travel, World Fair

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

Europe, Europe1, Germany, Radio, Saarland, Sendehalle, travel

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

Germany, Protectorate, reunification, Saarland, travel, Wiedervereinigung

Indoor oranges

Another precisely designed part of the gardens in Versailles is the Orangery. When we were there in April, the process … More

France, indoor plants, Orangery, robin, sculpture, travel, trees, Versailles

Fountains

Although I have been to and through Paris on a number of occasions, this April was the first time I … More

dancing, fountain, fountains, France, palace, palace gardens, Paris, travel, Versailles

Roman baths

Not the ones in Bath, England, but the Caracalla baths in Rome. Both obviously built by Romans with the objective … More

Caracalla, Italy, Killing Eve, Roma, Roman baths, Roman remains, rome, travel

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