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Exploring the secrets of the city with Fun London Tours

Exploring the secrets of the city with Fun London Tours

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With thousands of people choosing to visit the UK each year to explore the history of such a small nation it is understandable that when people descend upon the city of London they flock to the historical attractions.  Visiting Buckingham Palace, retracing the footsteps of Kings and Queens from bygone…

Celebrating Treason and Gunpowder in London

Celebrating Treason and Gunpowder in London

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“Remember, remember, the 5th of November The Gunpowder Treason and plot; I see of no reason why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot.” Tonight, fireworks will explode over the heads of millions of Britons in remembrance of a time when plotting and skulduggery were prominent. We will all wrap up…

Blowing your top with a visit to the Great Geysir

Blowing your top with a visit to the Great Geysir

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If you can get past the sulphuric, eggy smell stinging your nostrils, a trip to ‘Old Smokey’ to watch the bellowing smoke pyres and the heat-infused bubbling geysers is a must. Yes, it may be a top tourist attraction on the Golden Circle route but if you want to avoid…

Glamping – Is it for you?

Glamping – Is it for you?

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  It’s a term that is frequently bantered around nowadays without necessarily much consideration for what it means.  Hard-core campers loath the concept whilst some who cannot live without their luxurious surroundings and their creature comforts see it as forfeiting too much.  So what is Glamping?

The ice lagoon in the south of Iceland is a place everyone should visit

Jökulsárlón: One of Iceland’s Natural Wonders

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Unable to feel my now frozen fingers thanks to the minus temperature, I take a break from playing hide and seek with the seals at Jökulsárlón and head inside the welcoming café to defrost.  Sitting at the large, unencumbered window, the turquoise-tinted iceberg flashes back at me as the low-rising,…