Category Archives: Britain

Guildhall London, Graduation

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Clive Best

On Tuesday my daughter Naomi graduated as a vet from the Royal Veterinary College after 6 years of hard work. The college is the oldest vet school in Britain and was formed around 1780 first in Camden and later with … Continue reading →

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Stamford

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Clive Best

Stamford is a wonderful town on the Lincolnshire border, only about 40 minutes from where we are staying in Godmanchester. The whole town is completely built in stone and unspoiled for over 400 years. Somehow it escaped the development disease … Continue reading →

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Bury St. Edmunds, Lavenham, Suffolk

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Clive Best

We visited a beautiful area of Suffolk today especially the medieval village of Lavenham (see above). Our first  stop though was in Stowmarket for a coffee – a pleasant town with river but with an encroaching shopping centre. From there … Continue reading →

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