Destination: United Kingdom

Swimming in shark-infested waters?

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By kingy34 | Views [124] | Scholarship Entry

Russell in New Zealand’s spectacular Bay of Islands was once known as the ‘hell hole of the Pacific’, a raucous city, riddled with alcohol and prostitution, a lawless place. It is hard to imagine this mellow backwater in terms of its past, tourists now ... Read more >

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Vineyard & Grove

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By smartksmart | Views [109] | Scholarship Entry

When we arrived, it was nearly dusk. We wandered through the town, but everything was closed. The locals, ghostly and grizzled, appeared here and there, emerging on Totnes High Street as if they had just stepped out of the forest. Totnes is a quiet riverside ... Read more >

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The Village of Dungeness

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By sarahwishart | Views [111] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry

I first heard of Derek Jarman’s garden years ago, when my green fingers first came into bud. He planted up the shingle surrounding his Dungeness art studio that he’d escape to from the capital. He had framed it with flotsam thrown up by the waves, twisted ... Read more >

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Piccadilly's Circus.

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By lukesale | Views [170] | Scholarship Entry

No, that's not a typo in the title of this piece. I just needed a simple, clever title. But yes, we're about to discuss my love for Piccadilly Circus in England's phenomenal capital, London. One of the best things to do in a city you're visiting is to ... Read more >

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Deacon Brodie’s Tavern in Edinburgh

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By marina_q_lich | Views [131] | Scholarship Entry

Have you always wanted to get the feel of being a writer or a story’s character? Then come to Edinburgh! This is a place full of amazing legends and thrilling stories, and when I tell you that stones can talk here – I mean it! (Don’t miss the stone plates ... Read more >

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The Countdown

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By ymoughton | Views [123]

So there's 10 days to go and there's so much to do, all the backpacker essentials - wax, hair cut, pedicure, shopping...Oh yeah and the boring stuff - visas, credit cards, packing etc. The countdown is on and the excitement is building so I thought I'd ... Read more >

Richard Burton's Grave

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By sbrown11 | Views [86] | Scholarship Entry

As a student of history, I am enthralled by this beautiful, and slightly melancholic, observation by G.M. Trevelyan, the eminent historian: "The poetry of history lies in the quasi-miraculous fact that once on this earth, on this familiar spot of ground ... Read more >

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Behind the curtain

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By strokecity | Views [117] | Scholarship Entry

IRA RULES. Big letters on the rooftop, like a warning to make you think twice about to enter this neighborhood down the hill. Colored house walls with huge paintings. One shows a man with a gasmask. The other people running from soldiers. I arrived at ... Read more >

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Wild Boar Fell

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By pennyface | Views [160] | Scholarship Entry

I had six hours before catching the last train back to London. The forecast in the valley was poor; heavy frost, low cloud, no visibility. Typical Cumbrian Christmas. We could have stayed in, but I was desperate for a bit of snow and the only way to get ... Read more >

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Lychakiv Cemetery

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By lukaszost | Views [119] | Scholarship Entry

Arriving at 6am in Lwow on a ludicrously slow night train from Poland (having shortly before been woken by Ukrainian border guards with enormous German shepherds, who stamped our passports and vanished again as if part of our dreams) my family and I began ... Read more >

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Between the rain, suffering and life.

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By vagabonding_scotland | Views [200] | Scholarship Entry

Walker, I will speak of Scotland and suffering: I will speak of your glory and your way. Hitchhikers say they find a huge loneliness traveling alone, but are they able to live with that loneliness when they have no road? I want you to live in your solitude ... Read more >

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What ya in for?

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [479]

After Stonehendge (and yes I carried my luggage around Stonehendge and Saram Hill, a war re creation scene and old castle), I went searching for the hostel where I was to spend the night.  I figured Salisbury would be a small town, and it would ... Read more >

Holiday Road

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [503]

Yesterday morning, I checked out of the hotel in London, and hopped on the underground to a train to Salisbury, which is right near Stonehendge. At the Salisbury rail station, a bus met the train and took visitors to Stonehendge, and two other places ... Read more >

Magical Wanderings.

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By kirstyemanuel | Views [86] | Scholarship Entry

When I think of the term "Travel Treasure", My mind wanders upon my trip to London in 2014. Granted, London is within the same country as I but there's something magical about how meaningful taking just a mere one hour flight can be. Flying from Scotland ... Read more >

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Broadway Market beckons

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By annagrace | Views [2570] | Scholarship Entry

I blame it on the namer of streets. I had eagerly marched to Broadway Market only to find, well, I hadn't arrived at all. Somewhere along the way I had been drawn down streets with irresistible names like Pope's Head Alley and Crooked Billet Yard. I made ... Read more >

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