I want to thank everyone for their kind thoughts and comments last week, when I had to pull some content from ABAB.  I felt an apology was necessary, since a new article had just been published and anyone who had been notified of that would have found nothing on the end of the link.  I […] The post Update April 2024 appeared first on A Bit About Britain ..read more

North-West England’s River Lune meanders around 50 miles from the Cumbrian fells to Lancaster.  It seems attractive and tranquil, a mixture of woodland, meadows and beckoning hills, punctuated by attractive stone-built villages.  Yet, once upon a time, it must have been a very different, possibly even violent, place – because it possesses an apparently disproportionate […] The post The Castles of the Lune Valley appeared first on A Bit About Britain ..read more

Due to issues with a key plugin, some content on ABAB has been taken down – including the two most recent posts and the new ABAB’s Places page.  I am not a happy bunny.  Hopefully, the problems will be resolved shortly and the material will be republished.  It is VERY frustrating. The post Apology appeared first on A Bit About Britain ..read more

A new type of content has been added to A Bit About Britain.  It is a page called ABAB’s Places and is currently located as a sub-item under Places to Visit in the main menu.  Places to Visit is being replaced by ABAB’s Places. ABAB’s Places presents you with a grid of places or items […] The post Britain’s places appeared first on A Bit About Britain ..read more

Which anniversaries will be marked in Britain in 2024?  Below is a selection of more than 80 noteworthy anniversaries for your interest and amusement, from the Millennium Bug to the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons.  Each one is on someone’s calendar for 2024 – and each one offers a fascinating insight into Britain’s story.  This is […] The post Anniversaries in 2024 appeared first on A Bit About Britain ..read more

The National Memorial Arboretum is a year-round centre of remembrance and needs to be revisited.  Not only should a first visit be mandatory, but also it is one of those places that gives more each time you go.  It changes with the seasons of course, but also as trees mature and new memorials are added.  … National Memorial Arboretum revisited Read More » The post National Memorial Arboretum revisited appeared first on A Bit About Britain ..read more

The story of the Witches of Pendle is one of the most sinister and troubling tales to come out of Lancashire.  It does not feature cackling old hags riding broomsticks across the night sky, but real living beings, victims of time and circumstance.  The broad facts are well-known locally, but lest you be unaware, in … The Witches of Pendle Read More » The post The Witches of Pendle appeared first on A Bit About Britain ..read more

Britain has had an affection for tea and coffee for a similar length of time, but despite (apparently) 95 million cups of coffee being drunk every day in the UK, it is ubiquitous good tea that it is famed for, rather than coffee.  It is a different story just across the Channel and throughout mainland … Coffee in Britain Read More » The post Coffee in Britain appeared first on A Bit About Britain ..read more

Stowe is one of those marvellous monuments to profligacy.  It is a great 17th and 18th century mansion, now a school, surrounded by an exquisite landscape that nature only had a passing hand in creating.  Stowe School is a public school, and therefore private.  The gardens were given to the National Trust, so privately owned, … Stowe Read More » The post Stowe appeared first on A Bit About Britain ..read more

My regular reader will know that the A Bit About Britain website has received a little makeover.  Some things were not working as they should before, but they should do now.  The site also looks a bit different, though it still contains most of the original rubbish.  The Home Page, in particular, has been changed … Website update Read More » The post Website update appeared first on A Bit About Britain ..read more