United Kingdom Travel Journal

I am about the furthest you can get from being an expert on politics and public opinion in the United Kingdom. So, take what I’m about to say with a grain of salt, or whatever seasoning you prefer. It’s my understanding that at the time of writing of this category description (September, 2023), there is considerable discontent over the outcome of Brexit.

Who knows? It might even eventually lead to the independence of Scotland, if not also Wales and/or Northern Ireland.

I hope it doesn’t come to that. If it does, I’ll have to decide what to do about this category. It includes my travel journal entries for all of the nations currently within the United Kingdom. Then, if I decide I have to reorganize my category taxonomy, I’ll have to undertake the work required to effect that change. I’m an exceptionally lazy person. So I don’t want to do that. Thus, for my sake, UK, please stay together. Don’t think only of yourselves. Think about me. That’s what’s important.

With that said, this category, which is a subcategory of my “Europe” category (you can leave the UK, but you can’t leave the continent; it’s geography old chap), contains travel journal entries on my visits to the UK.

In turn, I include subcategories for the nations within the United Kingdom that I visited. (At the time of writing of this description, that included just England and Scotland.) Underneath those nation categories, I include subcategories for the cities and towns I visited within them.

No Oxen in Oxford

After leaving Manchester this morning, I’ve been in Oxford, England, for less than half a day so far, but I’d like to start by saying,...

Whitworth Art Gallery, Etc.

After leaving the Manchester Museum, I strolled ten minutes over to the Whitworth Art Gallery. There, I had a sandwich in the cafe before exploring...

Manchester Walking Tour

My only notable activity this afternoon was to go on a two-and-a-half-hour Manchester Walking Tour. I didn’t return to my hotel between visiting the Manchester...

Manifestly Manchester

As the more observant and hyper-intelligent among you likely guessed from the title of this post, I’m in Manchester, England. The “manifestly” in the title,...

Brant Fell; Windermere Summary

In yesterday’s post, I predicted that I wouldn’t do anything worth writing about this morning before catching an early afternoon train to my next destination,...