Tag: Britain

  • A walk in London

    (Continued from A stroll in Haworth) On the third day, I checked out of the Heathfield B&B on the rainy morning. Since it was a weekday, Keighley Worth & Valley Railway was out of service. The mistress took me to the nearest bus stop on Rawdon Road and told me to wait there for the…

  • A stroll in Haworth

    (Continued from A trip to real England) Breakfast served at Heathfield Bed & Breakfast was really British-style, with a fried egg, fried potatoes, and mushrooms, a fried tomato cut in half, two slices of bacon and two sausages as well as cereals, slices of bread, a glass of orange juice and a cup of tea.…

  • A trip to real England

    Although it was a bit while ago, I made a private trip to the United Kingdom. It was not the British Hills, not an English village, not a British-style cottage in Tochigi Prefecture, not any other “fake Britain” in Japan. It was the real England, where I had wanted to visit before I died. I…

  • British Hills in spring / ブリティッシュヒルズ再訪

    I visited British Hills first in this year because the snow melted and it became accessible by car.雪が解けて車で行けるようになったので、今年初のブリティッシュヒルズ訪問です。

  • Deep in England / イギリス漬け

    Deep in England / イギリス漬け

    日本文が後ろに続きます。 Last weekend was happy days for me because I deeply experienced a British taste last Saturday and Sunday. From the beginning, I preferred the USA to the UK or other English-speaking countries. Still, my affection has been shifting to England for years since I happened to read Kaoru Mori’s Emma, a romance manga about…