The Royal Crescent Everyone at one time or another has probably seen images of the Royal Crescent in Bath. Inspector Morse strolled down the fashionable street in 1997, as did Kiera Knightley in The Duchess (2007). But did you know that without the influence of a certain dilettante named Richard ‘Beau’ Nash the Royal Crescent…
Category: History
Aubigny sur Nere is a wee bit of Scotland
Located in the heart of Central France, sits the pretty town of Aubigny sur Nere and I’m lucky enough to have a conversion de grange just a few kilometres away. This fascinating town was completely unknown to me until we began the laborious job of installing electricity into what we laughingly called ‘the house!’ Turning up…
Shirley just writes travel 