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Lady in Bristol
Blog: A Lady in London - 22 June 2011
When I first moved to London, I was good about taking day trips to nearby cities. From Brighton to Bath, St. Albans to Stonehenge, I went, I saw, I wrote. But recently I have been remiss about seeing more of England. In an effort to change that, I decided to plan a trip to the [...]
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The Colston Hall in Bristol is nominated for the Enjoy England Accessibility award
Blog: Heather on her travels - 11 April 2011
Today I’m giving a shout out to my home city of Bristol, where the city’s premier concert venue, the Colston Hall is up for an Award for Excellence from Enjoy England, the official English tourism organisation, in the Access for All category. As I hadn’t visited the venue since the shiny, copper clad new foyer [...]
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A terribly British Christmas
Blog: Heather on her travels - 15 December 2010
I just ordered my Christmas turkey from the local butcher, so I guess I’ll be joining the queue of neighbours and friends on Christmas eve to pick it up ready for the big day. If last year was anything to go by, it’ll be a slightly disorganised affair with everyone being frightfully smiley and trying [...]
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What to do in Bath, UK
Blog: The Indie Travel Podcast - 12 July 2010
Travel to Bath, England and you will be rewarded for your effort with Roman Baths, Georgian architecture and gorgeous parks ...
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Pavement poetry in Manchester
Blog: Heather on her travels - 20 March 2010
You may have realised that I like a bit of street-art but pavement art is a little more unusual to find. It’s easy to miss what’s beneath your feet, being trodden on, walked over, hurried past. But what about this little poem I looked down and saw when walking around the Northern Quarter of Manchester recently - [...]
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Book Review: The Naked Guide to Bristol by Gil Gillespie
Blog: No Beaten Path - 21 February 2010
This book could be considered the ‘anti-Frommers‘ of travel guides – it is definitely aimed at someone who is interested in the alternative, the ‘real’ and the slightly off-beat rather than the usual tourist information. While the anti-establishment commentary starts to feel a bit contrived and self-consciously ‘hip’ at times, and the large sections of [...]
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Flying Cathedrals Anyone?
Blog: GoBackpacking - 18 February 2010
This is a guest post by Rebecca Tom. If you want to guest post on Go Backpacking, please read more here. The sky is filled with flickering lights and shapes and the crowd marvel at the spectacle above them. It’s quite an event and even better than that it’s free. The annual Bristol Balloon Fiesta is famous for [...]Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 core lessons, a community forum for asking questions and receiving personalized feedback, plus audio interviews and a blog.
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Belief in Bristol
Blog: No Beaten Path - 17 February 2010
This morning, with the mobile charged so we could listen to The Bristol Churches Trail on MP3, we headed out into the rain to get some religious history happening. We visited some sites we had already visited previously—Bristol Cathederal and St Mary Redcliffe—and some of the churches were not open today, but we still visited [...]
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Art and About in Bristol
Blog: No Beaten Path - 16 February 2010
Another day in Bristol means another adventure for us. We walked up to the West End, past many students walking about purposefully in gowns (there was obviously a graduation today at the University of Bristol), looking in quickly on the foyer of the Wills Memorial Building, which is a rather OTT Gothic building that is [...]
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Brunel’s Bristol
Blog: No Beaten Path - 15 February 2010
We are spending this school holiday in Bristol, a city we have not really spent much time in before. We arrived yesterday by train from London and after a visit to the Information Office we walked to our hotel, the Future Inns Bristol, which we can definitely recommend (don’t be put off by the price, [...]
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Friday photo - Snow on the Downs in Bristol
Blog: Heather on her travels - 29 January 2010
Although the brief cold snap in Bristol that we had over Christmas has now passed and we’re back to the usual grey skies and drizzle, I thought you might enjoy this snowy scene. I took the photo on my way to work one morning (as I always walk to work, I didn’t have any transport problems [...]
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Faces From Around the World: England
Blog: GoBackpacking - 14 December 2009
I've been traveling the world for the last 6 months playing my violin on the street for money.Join Go Backpacking on Facebook for updates, plus exclusive travel photos and videos. Buy your travel insurance from World Nomads (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier).
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Friday photo - City lights in Millenium square, Bristol
Blog: Heather on her travels - 25 September 2009
The harbouside area of Bristol is one of the great places to walk, eat and hang out, with numerous restaurants and bars and plenty of history to take in from Bristol’s maritime past. Millenium square is a great place to go in good weather, with water features and shallow pools and statues of famous Bristolians, [...]
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A walk around the harbourside in Bristol - Video
Blog: Heather on her travels - 6 September 2009
You’ll remember I wrote about how to film your travel video in Bristol’s harbourside and gave you some tips from my video making experience. Well, the video itself is finally here, thanks to the efforts of my friend and filming collaborator, Marie-Cécile Embleton. There’s plenty to enjoy as I take you on a walk around the [...]
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I’ve been to the Night Glow at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta - Video
Blog: Heather on her travels - 7 August 2009
Last night I visited the Night Glow at the Bristol Balloon Fiesta, the first time I’d been, even though I’ve lived in Bristol for nearly 20 years. Of course, I’d seen the balloons drifting over the rooftops at this time of year, being prompted to look up by the roaring of the burners above me. One year [...]
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Crimes of Passion - street art on show in Bristol
Blog: Heather on her travels - 5 May 2009
On no! the Crimes of Passion show at the Royal Academy of the West of England has now closed, but you can still enjoy some photos of this street-art fiesta now made respectable. I took my 11 year old and his grandparents to see the show a week before it closed, just in the nick of [...]
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