British holiday information

From Friday, 3 December 2010, the popular Barclays Cycle Hire scheme in London is expanding its cycle hire to casual users. From Friday, anyone with a Visa or MasterCard credit or debit car will be able to hire a bike – be aware the scheme doesn’t accept Maestro, Amex, Diners or JCB In order to [...]

London’s Great Christmas Pudding Race returns this coming weekend, Saturday 4 December 2010. Now in its 30th year, the event raises money for Cancer Research and last year raised £19,000. It may not be too late to register your 6-man team, or just go along for the fun. This year’s fun day out starts at [...]

Congratulations go out to London which has been voted the ‘most welcoming’ Capital in a survey of six European Capitals. Up for comparison were London, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Rome and Berlin, which were rated on their 11 different categories over a 24-hour period. The poll, conducted for “mystery shopper’, saw London top the poll with [...]

The annual London to Brighton veteran car rally gets underway tomorrow, 7 November 2010. Not only a spectacular sight to see, this annual outing of veteran vehicles is a reminder of how far the motor industry has come, and just how lucky we are these days with our comfortable, warm cars – I’m sure some [...]

It’s almost a century since the infamous, ‘unsinkable’ RMS Titanic set sale on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic, only to sink days later, on 15 April 1912, claiming more than 1,500 lives. The story of the Titanic has fascinated many, and when the wreckage of the Titanic was discovered in 1985 our interest was [...]

If home improvements, interiors, home gadgets, gardens, and all things remotely connected with homes are your thing then get yourself along to the Ideal Home Show in London this month. This great annual event has been running for more than 100 years – the first Ideal Home Show opened in 1908 – and in that [...]

In January I reported that the London Eye was offering free flights to celebrate its 10th birthday. Now, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the day it opened, the famous London landmark is offering a free glass of champagne to anyone taking a flight from 7pm onwards on Tuesday 9 March. Also taking place on [...]

If you’ve got the legs, and the stamina, to run up the 920 stairs of Tower 42, the tallest building in the city of London, then Shelter needs you to help raise money for the charity. In its second year, Vertical Rush 2010 is a charity event organised by Shelter and is the biggest tower [...]

Fancy a free ride on the London Eye? Well, now’s your chance as the famous London attraction celebrates its 10th birthday. I must admit it is hard to believe that it was 10 years ago in March that it first opened – seems like only yesterday. The London Eye is well worth a visit as [...]

The ice skating extravaganza, ICExperience, that promised ice skating around the hallowed turf at Wembley Stadium has been cancelled. In a statement on its website, wembleyice.com, the company states: After careful consideration, we have taken the decision to cancel the ICExperience event that had been planned for Wembley Stadium over the Christmas period. Wembley apologises [...]