England Blog Posts
The London Anniversary Games 2013
London 2012 was incredible, simple as. The Olympic and Paralympic games created an atmosphere within London the likes of which I have never experienced before in my lifetime. The city and indeed Great Britain united [...]
Live Photos from MCM London Comic Con 2013
As a huge fan of the US comedy 'The Big Bang Theory' I was never going to miss comic con once it had crossed the pond and hit Blighty. Aside from my undying love for [...]
The View From The Shard
The View From The Shard ... its not too bad. In fact is just a little bit special. Earlier this week I was lucky (understatement) enough to be invited to a sneak press preview of [...]
Enchanted Woodland at Syon Park (@Londonsyonpark)
Enchanted Woodland at Syon Park is a 1.1 mile long nature walk which takes place of a Autumn/Winter evening against a backdrop of beautifully lit parkland and architecture. I'd wanted to take Esther last year, but [...]
Transport options from London airports to central London
Why write about Transport options from London airports to central London? It's London, surely you just get a cab don't you? Straight from the terminal to your cosy hotel, hostel or apartment. Oh I wish [...]
London 2012 Paralympics through Instagram
The London 2012 Paralympics kicked off this past Wednesday (Aug 29th), and despite missing out of tickets to the Olympics, I was lucky enough to snare a couple of day passes to the Paralympics for [...]
Visiting Wembley for the London 2012 Olympic football
On the 9th August 2012 the Japanese womens football team and the USA womens soccer team (you and I know both know it's really called football and not soccer, but 'm gonna let it go [...]
Harry Potter Studio Tour
So last week I went on the Harry Potter Studio Tour. Awesome! It's well documented that i'm a bit of a nerd. Is it right for a 28 year old man to like Harry Potter? [...]
The Houses of Parliament from the London Eye
Last night whilst strolling through London, the mrs surprised me with a couple of tickets for the London Eye. She's a catch that one! Sods law, middle of July and its lashing with rain, but [...]
The London 2012 Olympics through the eyes of comedians.
So the London 2012 Olympics is not too far away, just around the corner in fact and things in London all seem to be getting a bit serious. The big city budgeters and number crunchers [...]
Oxford in (lots of) pictures
Its amazing how many pictures I managed to take in just a single weekend, but Oxford was very a photogenic city. Aside from punting, which I blogged about last week, the mrs and I also took [...]
Punting in Oxford
Punting in Oxford is not easy! Last weekend, with a little help from @Roomorama and @TravMonkey, I decided that for the 28th anniversary of my birth I would flee the dismal grey skies of London [...]
An apartment in Oxford with @Roomorama
Sometimes even the best laid plans do not come to fruition. Literally 5 minutes walk from my girlfriends house are not one, but 2 coach services that would take us all the way to oxford [...]
The Dr Who Experience
I'm a bit of a geek, but a proud one at that. I like transformers and have kept all my old toys and vhs, I still have my old thundercats duvet cover, and I wear [...]
Winter Wonderland
Ah, who doesnt love a monday off of work?! Especially when its grey and damp, you can just lie in bed all day, stay nice and warm, and watch endless tosh on the box ... [...]
Activites in London that will cost you nothing
They’re not exactly hidden, but how these escape the oh so common ‘top 10 free/cheap things to do when in London’ type blog posts is beyond me. Being a London lad, I would put these somewhere [...]
ZSL London Zoo
There's nothing like taking a day off work, and come that day, the sun is out! Last Friday I took my girlfriend for her first ever visit to a zoo. We prepared for rain, umberella's [...]
SW4 on Clapham Common
August bank holiday, bringeth the rain and mud for it is festival weekend in the UK. On the date of the 27th I made my second trip of 2011 to Clapham Common, and as with my last [...]
My Top 5 ways to save some £’s in London
Like a lot of capital cities, London aint cheap (say that bit with a cockney accent for authentisity reasons), I should know as I was born here and call it home. The aim of this [...]
Ben and Jerry’s Festival, Clapham Common
Upon leaving the Rooftop Cinema Club and heading into the underground system, I spotted a poster for the Ben and Jerry’s festival. Both my girlfriend and I have a sweet tooth (one each, we don’t [...]