An original point of view
Being at the top of The Shard building was a part of my 29th birthday surprise prepared by my fiancee. We went that day to London for a one-day trip to visit a few less-visited spots and round off our day on The Shard building in the evening. My fiancee’s plan stated, that we would … Read more
Bonfire Night, the annual British event is coming. The Bonfire Night also known as a Fireworks Night is observed on 5th November in Britain. It is associated with Guy Fawkes, who wanted to overthrow the king. Read more here. Last year I had the occasion to participate in Bonfire Night in Cambridge with my fiancee. … Read more
The longest pier in the World is located in Southend town (Southend-at-sea) in the south-eastern part of Britain. This Landmark is extending 2,16 km into the Thames Estuary. The pier has been built in the XIX century. First, it was a wooden pier, next to an iron pier, opened in 1888. The reason is that … Read more
<<< Back to part 1 I am in a rush with fantastic pictures and memories from the time, that I spent in Cornwall. Previously I sketched out both my trips. Now I would like to continue by describing a small and big “cornish loop”. It was 3rd day of our 2nd journey to Cornwall, … Read more
A few words of introduction In this couple of articles, I would like to describe our two fantastic journeys to Cornwall, which we made in 2015 and 2016. There were 2 separate journeys managed from Cambridge to the Southwest part of the United Kingdom. Both of them led through Devon – one region adjacent to … Read more
Introduction Google Earth is a handy tool to browse terrain in any part of the globe. Due to detailed satellite imagery, you are able to characterize the interesting area in any line of geographic research. Nowadays 3D quality imagery manages to develop across the World, especially in the most populated areas. The 3rd dimension of … Read more
The Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR is a telephoto zoom lens designed to complete the 18-55mm kit zoom, that comes bundled with many Nikon DSLR cameras. In this article, I used some 18-55mm photo compilations to compare how it works all together in the 18-300mm range. The Nikkor 55-300mm VR lens features … Read more
Last winter in the UK was really mild. I haven’t seen snow at all. The temperature was hovering around 5-10 C deg. It incurred a faster vegetation period. Moreover during late march and early April temperatures in England were high, sometimes higher than 20 C deg. (Pic.1). Thanks to this we could enjoy a really … Read more
This is the last part of the eclipse trip to Scotland. Read more about almost total eclipse-watching here and about the journey across Scotland here. …After we arrived at Edinburgh Bus Station around 22:00 we were in a rush because we had to find our hostel and check in there. Eventually, we came there just … Read more
I visited the most beautiful area in Britain just after I came to live in this country. It happens due to an almost total solar eclipse, which I was keen on watching. Read about this more in this article. We set in the late afternoon from Cambridge, our living and working place. The fast Great … Read more
On 20th March 2015, we could witness one of the most spectacular phenomena in the Solar System, the total solar eclipse. The track of totality passed across the North Atlantic and next headed into the Arctic Ocean. This eclipse used to be a logistical nightmare to observe because the only populated places from which the … Read more
The Lake District National Park is said to be the most beautiful national park in Britain, so we decided to hop there for a couple of days. Traditionally I met my fiancee in London where we were waiting for a night Megabus to Edinburgh, which departs daily at 22:30 from London Victoria Coach Station. Emperor … Read more
There are a dozen or so mountain bothies in the UK mountain areas (Scotland, North England, and Wales) where you can stay overnight for free. It’s good to make a nice weekend then when the summer is coming. You can enjoy a very long, pleasant day and a warm night. I decided to go to … Read more