Believe it or not though, Paris wasn’t always called “Paris,” and the Eiffel Tower wasn’t supposed to be a permanent fixture. Paris is...

Known as Samarobriva in pre-Roman times and capital of the Ambiani (whence the modern name), Amiens became a Roman city, Christianized in...

On an island now bordered by canals and harbour basins, Calais originated as a fishing village. It was improved by the count of Flanders...

Chatham (recorded in 1086 as Ceteham inDomesday Book) grew around the Royal Navy dockyard established by Henry VIII and later improved by...

London covers 600 square miles and has a population of 8.6 million, but only its oldest part, just one square mile in size, is called the...

We enter into the London Borough of Harrow, home to a very famous school, educating both royalty and Prime Ministers. Harrow was also...

Bedford has an ancient history, and one could prove that by visiting the town to witness the historic Mi’kmaq petroglyphs that historians...

A market town that gave birth to a sport played by millions around the world, Rugby is in Warwickshire in the West Midlands. The game of...

A short trip South into the Peak District sees us arrive into the town of Bakewell, home of the famous Bakewell tart. However, it is in...

George Orwell, the novelist famous for writing Animal Farm and 1984, once said of the city: "Sheffield, I suppose, could justly claim to...

At the end of Day 3 we have arrived into York a city with Roman roots and a Viking past, where ancient walls surround the city centre....

At the end of day 2 we have made it to another North Yorkshire market town, Thirsk, just West of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park....

On our first stretch we have made it to the historic market town of Yarm, built in a meander of the River Tees and on the boarder of...

Today we set off on our 5500 km journey!