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You may have noticed that many of my earlier posts formed a tour along the rivers of Cork, of which I had made a hobby for a few years. This summer I hope to make a hobby of the railways of Cork and to post a sort of blogger tour along the railways,...

We know Snowdonia, the great mountain range in north Wales, as the land of dragons, but how many know of the curious two headed dragons of the Ffestiniog Railway? Let’s meet  the ‘Double Fairlies’. CC readers will know that the modern railway originated...

December 29 In History 584 BCE (10 Tevet 3175): The Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, began his siege of Jerusalem leading to the destruction of the first Temple. This day is commemorated as one of the "minor" fasts, lasting from sunrise to sunset. ...

A weekend-long drive through in North Wales isn’t all Punch and Judy. According to the folk at Road, Rail & Sea, it can be a lung-purifying hit of countryside and culture. Drive to North Wales on the M56, and, just past Prestatyn, there’s the first...

We’ve put together a list of the most fun, the most innovative and the most covertly educational days out in all of the UK. Many are geared towards testing brains and coordination, and helping kids develop while having fun. Others, like the UK’s biggest...