Twenty-eight years ago we left England to return to Canada after 3 years living in Lancaster and with a new family member, our first child, in tow. Our trip to the UK this autumn was partly to revisit those old haunts. Lancaster feels even more of a university town than it did when we left. …
Reliving Lancaster
By Neil For those who don't know it, I can best describe Lancaster as a small University City in the North West of England, not far from the much heralded Lake District. It is an old city, with archeological evidence of human habitation dating back to the Iron Age and earlier. It was a port …
Reflecting on the first city I called home
As I sit at the counter of my wonderful Manx relatives, trying not to fall from my seat laughing at a Robin Williams skit, and fumbling at the idea of writing a blog on a computer, with a genuinely functional internet connection; I find myself musing at the experiences of travel thus far. It's been …
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Lancaster Castle
So, Lancaster Castle, a formidable structure defying the advancement of time. Must have a magnificent history. Well, actually, not really. It all started when we went to Lancaster Castle for a tour of the castle. It was quite interesting. For one thing, if you count the roman fort that stood there before the castle, it …
A year of discovery 