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A Night in Thornbury Castle

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One night in the bedchamber of a notorious dead king and his ill fated queen… sounds like it’s just right up our alley.

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A Day Trip Guide to Visiting Lundy Island

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A 2-hour long ferry crossing from the coast of Devon leads to Lundy Island, a jewel in the Atlantic Ocean. This dramatic 3-mile long, ½-mile wide granite outcrop has a long, surprising history and is

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Restormel, a Round Castle

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Restormel Castle, one of the four chief Norman castles of Cornwall, is a rare, perfectly circular shaped keep built in the 11th century near the River Fowey. Restormel once controlled the main crossing point over

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The Amazing Geology of Hartland Quay

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After a full day of exploring, our final destination took us to the beautiful Devon coastline where the Hartland Quay Hotel is situated. The hotel itself is nothing overly fancy, having originally been used as

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Halliggye Fogou Tunnels

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We live for exploring places that are off the usual tourist radar and my mom, who joined us on our UK trip, was pretty game for anything. An Iron Age, underground Cornish tunnel seemed like

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Clovelly, a Not-So-Typical, Quaint English Village

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A cobbled street, an ocean view, charming white-washed cottages dotted with colorful petunias and geraniums… the ingredients for a typically quaint English Village. Clovelly has all of that, yet it’s not quite that typical.

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Cornwall’s Castle of Legends, Tintagel

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Tintagel Castle, precariously perched above the cliffs of Cornwall, is (in our opinion) one of England's most magical ruins. We first visited back in 2014, thus sparking an even bigger obsession with UK's fascinating history.

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The Abandoned Gunpowder Works in Kennall Vale Nature Reserve

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The Kennall Vale Nature Reserve is a peaceful and picturesque woodland in Truro containing remnants of England's industrial history. Kennall Vale Nature Reserve is off the usual tourist's radar but we like to think of

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The Macabre Museum inside Bodmin Jail

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The historic Bodmin Jail (Gaol), once home to the worst sort of people, today hosts a very macabre museum full of exhibits dedicated to crimes committed by said people it once housed. And if you

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Land’s End, the Most Magical Place in Cornwall

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Land's End, the most westerly point of mainland England, has a bit of a reputation by cynics as a tourist trap. I like to think of it as one of the most magical places in