Tag: United Kingdom

• Nov 4, 2021

  Lockdown, COVID & Travel.

  

  (Updated information) 16th March 2020. The UK prime minister announces a ban on nonessential travel and contact. On the 26th, the first lockdown commences. Nonessential shops are closed. Students confined to accommodation. Flights are grounded. Shops run out of toilet roll as a result of panic buying. Dolphins return to Blackpool in the North. The…
• Oct 21, 2021

  The Needles, Isle of Wight

  

  The history of the Isle of Wight dates back to the Iron Age, with much evidence of settlement being discovered through archaeology and ancient structures which still stand today.  The Needles History The Battery This military battery was built in 1861 to 1863, and its purpose was to protect the West end of the Solent…
• Oct 12, 2021

  Steam Railways

  

  We were on holiday on the Isle of Wight not long ago and were taken to a a place called Ryde. Here, they have a fully functional steam railway! The steam railway is only 5 miles long, which is only a small fraction of the once stretched over 55 miles long. How did it all…