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  • Woman in yellow dress and sunhat in field of English lavender
    London,  UK

    Visiting English Lavender Fields Near London

    July 31, 2019 / 6 Comments

    Mayfield Lavender Farm, located in Banstead near South London, looks a world away from the busy city. Yet, still sits within the London travel zones. The lavender fields are the perfect spot for a summer day trip and one of my favourite days out recently. Despite its huge crowds and growing number of developments, London remains a city that is still full of green spaces, making up approximately 47% of Greater London. But did you know there’s a massive purple space bordering it’s southern edges? The working farm becomes a popular spot to visit in summer when several varieties of lavender are in full bloom as far as the eye…

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    Exploring Oxford, UK in one day

    June 26, 2019 / 4 Comments

    Oxford is one of the most visited cities in the UK, attracting over 7 million visitors each year. It needs little introduction, being home to the most famous university in the world. Exploring Oxford is easy to do in one day and you should have time to see many of the city’s highlights. As I mentioned recently in my post about great day trips from London, Oxford is easy to reach from London, making a great day out. Here’s what we got up to on our day trip to Oxford and our recommendations of what to see, do and eat. *Disclosure: this post contains some affiliate links, meaning, at no…

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    London,  travel,  UK

    Great (and easy) Day Trips from London

    May 14, 2019 / 8 Comments

    London is full of an endless list of things to do, but did you know there’s also a lot of great day trips from London? “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life,” Samuel Johnson once said, and after seven years of living and working in this vibrant city, I have to agree. Even I have not discovered a fraction of what it has to offer. But whether you have an extended stay and are needing some fresh air, prefer smaller places to the city, or maybe you are a Londoner yourself looking for something new to do – sometimes you need a day trip from…

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    April 29, 2019 / 1 Comment

    The tickets are sold, and in June approximately 200,000 wellie-wearing festival goers will descend on Worthy Farm in Somerset for four days of the best music, great parties, good food, and sleeping on the ground without showering. Welcome to Glastonbury, but have you packed the right festival gear? Packing for Glastonbury for the first time can be confusing. Glastonbury Festival in 2017 was my first Glastonbury, and I had very little experience with festivals beforehand. There was a group of about 10 of us, including two of my housemates at the time that had a bit of a wager going on how well I’d cope. I’m not exactly known for…

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    The Best Places in the UK for Harry Potter Fans

    April 11, 2019 / 8 Comments

    For members of the Harry Potter fandom who visit from abroad, the UK is filled with various Harry Potter filming locations and things for fans to see. The first time I visited the UK, 13 and in the middle of reading Harry Potter for the first time, it felt magical, about as close as it could to stepping inside the pages of these books or feeling right on the set of one of the films. While there are many that aren’t on this list, here are my top picks to visit. London King’s Cross/St Pancras Station An always popular stop off for Harry Potter fans, Platform 9 3/4 has been…

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