What time is it on the Mengenlehreuhr? This is surely the craziest clock we have ever seen, the Mengenlehreuhr (Berlin Clock or Berlin Uhr) claims …
Travel: Mengenlehreuhr, Berlin
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Visiting Scotland – driving tips
Advice for driving in Scotland As this site is based in Scotland, it makes sense to highlight some of the issues you may come across …
A film locations walking tour in Gorlitz
From Hollywood to Görliwood You’ll have seen Görlitz in many films but were probably unaware of its existence. The town of Görlitz has been featured …
Overnight to London with Caledonian Sleeper train
A guide to travelling on the Caledonian Sleeper, the overnight train journey from Glasgow to London, with everything you need to know, from routes and …
Travel : London’s Smallest Police Station
Could this be London’s smallest Police station? The centre of London, on Trafalgar Square, isn’t the first place you would think of that would have …
Street Yoga Figures of Berlin
Street sign figures of Berlin If you have visited Berlin you may have spotted the little cork figures doing yoga on top of street signs, …
Travel To Do: Cat Island, Tashirojima, Japan
Cats are King on Tashirojima Island Tashirojima (田代島) is a small island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan. It is a small island with a population of …
Food: Taste the GDR at Alain Snack, Berlin
Currywurst or Ketwurst – GDR snack time at Alain Snack Alain’s Snack Bar in Prenzlauer Berg not only dates back to the days of East …
Travel: Fichte Bunker, Berlin
We joined a tour from Berlin Unterwelten to a nineteenth century gasometer in the Kreuzberg district called Fichte Bunker. Having been used as a gasometer, …
Quirky : St Fillans Monster
The Crocodile and the frog The Crocodile and The Frog, no it’s not some fairy tale but a couple of painted rocks on the outskirts …
Botanic Gardens Railway Station
Lost railway station within Glasgow Botanic Gardens Underneath Glasgow Botanic Gardens lies a hidden station, a ghost of the past. Built-in 1896 by the Caledonian …
Bockenheimer Warte Subway Station Entrance Frankfurt
Frankfurt subway station The Bockenheimer Warte subway station in Frankfurt was built in 1986 and designed by architect Zbigniew Peter Pininski. It seemingly has this, …
Berlin Public Transport Guide
Guide to public transport in Berlin Berlin has an integrated public transport network that works amazingly well, most of the time. In the city, you …
Travel: Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway
The highest railway in Scotland Being history geeks, The Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway is somewhere which has been on our to-do list for a while. (If …
Pine Trees Hotel, Pitlochry
A hotel in Pitlochry for food and relaxation The picturesque highland town of Pitlochry is always a great stop on the A9. Besides having a …
Romantic Scottish getaways for Valentine‘s Day
Ideas for a romantic getaways with your Valentine Planning on whisking your significant other away somewhere special for Valentine’s Day? There‘s still time and there …
Duisdale House – Isle of Skye Hotel
About the luxury, award-winning hotel Duisdale House Hotel is a stunning Victorian house that sits just off the main road running down the Sleat Peninsula …
Our Favourite Food Memory with Scotch Lamb
Make it Scotch – What’s your favourite food memory? Memories and food go hand in hand with us, but what are the best memories? Eating …
The Horn Milk Bar, Food Review
Retro decor with massive bacon rolls The Horn Milk Bar has been around since the 1960’s with the rooftop cow a famous sight alongside the …
East Lothian Escapes
Dunbar in East Lothian is the start or end point of the John Muir Way, one of Scotland’s Great Trails linking Helensburgh in the west …
Uber Boat by Thames Clipper, London
Taking the Thames over the tube Looking to see London a different way? We are so used to travelling by tube but on our most …
Hotel review : The Black Bull Inn, Sedbergh
Book a room in England’s book town Close enough to M6 junction 37 in Cumbria but far away enough to feel sufficiently out in the …
Short break ideas in Devon
Devon staycation inspiration Here are a few suggestions to start off research into a staycation in Devon. Soar Mill Cove Hotel is our choice for a …
Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway
North Devon water powered funicular railway We do like a funicular in this household, so when we were on honeymoon and were driving through north …