Rome. The city of ancients and history. A city I’ve wanted to visit for so many years, and finally I have. History has been one of my big loves for longer than I can remember and with it came the urge to travel. I like to think these two loves entwined naturally, and they do […]
History
Visiting Bolsover Castle
Sitting here on this dismal, cold Sunday in January I’ve been trying to think of what I should put on my blog. I wanted something sunny and warm to take my mind off the cold winter blues that I’ve been feeling. That’s when I remembered about my trips around South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire over […]
Hardwick Hall: A Day Out
A few weeks ago a friend of mine suggested heading out to Hardwick Hall for the day as they were shocked to learn that I had never been. To be honest I was as well when I found out where it was. How did I not know about something historical so close to my own […]
Visiting Lincoln
Being the history nerd that I am and also having the excuse of spending time with Ryan to celebrate both of our birthdays at the beginning of December we took a trip to Lincoln. I had wanted to go originally for the Christmas markets but unfortunately we had decided to go for Ryan’s birthday weekend […]
Castles, castles and more castles!
So I’ve now left Bangor for good! It’s strange to write that and to say it mainly because it’s makes me a little sad that this era of my life is over. Also, I am currently suffering the pains of trying to find a full time job which is a lot more difficult than I […]
Toledo
Okay, so yet again it’s been a while but I don’t think everyone really wants to read about how I’ve gone to lectures and attempted to write my dissertation so I haven’t written anything. However, the past 5 days have been kind of hectic in regards to travelling around places and seeing things. So I […]