We went travelling in Andalusia a couple of months ago, in the Republica de Andalucìa, the Andalusian autonomous community that covers a large chunk of southern Spain – the green area in the map. Seville We landed in Seville. The city is doing well. It’s the capital of Andalusia and it’s a lovely city – … Read more
Berwick Upon Tweed is the last town in England along the coast road before the border with Scotland. It is three miles from the border, and as I wrote in an article about The Coast Road To Edinburgh, on its seaward side there are high earth ramparts that were built in the late 1500s, during … Read more
The New Scottish Parliament Wouldn’t you think that there has been a parliament continuously since Scotland became a country many centuries ago? It’s a natural question to ask – and indeed the first recorded reference to a meeting of the Scottish parliament dates from 1235 and the first permanent meeting place for the parliament was … Read more