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Tony Lucas
Member since 23rd April 2008
Occupation: Director Tony Lucas has spent many years working in the Leisure and Hotel industry. He has travelled widely and lectures on UK tourism and the hotel industry.
He is managing director of a Tourism portal that specialises in all things to do with the British Isles.
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27th October 2008
The credit crunch may be a source of anxiety to those from abroad travelling to Britain for work or pleasure. However, it also has opportunities for British resident wishing to spend a short break or off season holiday in our lovely island. Certainly our ...
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22nd September 2008
It may not seem the first choice if you are visiting Britain for more than a few days but a Bed and Breakfast can be good value for money. Self catering may be an option but then you have to worry about getting in food, cooking and cleaning and if you com...
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15th September 2008
The North York Moors National Park was created in 1952 and is one of the finest landscapes in Britain. It covers 554 square miles and is one of the largest areas of heather mooreland in the United Kingdom. It has miles of stunning heather, towering sea cl...
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09th September 2008
The use of self catering cottage is becoming ever more popular as an effective and affordable way to take a family holiday. Self catering, as the name implies, is a way of renting a fully furnished and in many cases, luxurious, cottage in an ideal locatio...
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26th August 2008
After the departure of the Romans and the invasion of England by Anglo-Saxon peoples, local Kings and their warbands of ruthless thugs, fought and killed each other in a constant round of petty wars and invasions designed to expand their territories in or...
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12th August 2008
Don’t get me wrong, I’m really not a train enthusiast. In fact I would usually run a mile to avoid using the railway or use my car instead, which is considerably cheaper and more reliable than rail travel, if not as fast (but that is another subject)....
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11th June 2008
While staying in London or Kent, take a day trip using the Euro Star to visit France, Belgium and Germany. You can now connect to the Euro Star rail system from many parts of Britain. For a day trip to Europe you need to be in the south to make it practic...
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12th May 2008
Just over year ago, after a heavy New Year’s Eve session, a group of us decided it was time to get fit and lose a bit of weight (same as last year and the year before I hear you cry) but this time we actually did something about it. The men arranged to ...
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03rd May 2008
The Lake District, which lies within the English County of Cumbria, is a very mountainous, rural region of great natural beauty and which covers 885 square miles of hills and valleys. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes and its fells...
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28th April 2008
Recently, a myself and two of my brothers decided on a weekends holiday on the Grand Union Canal. We thought of it as “three men in a boat” our wives decided on “Brothers behaving badly”. We took my brother’s narrow boat which is called The Narr...
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28th April 2008
It’s a tradition in our family that we go camping in the first week of July. The main reason is to try and hold our various family members together for as long as possible by meeting at least once a year. You will need to know that we are a large family...
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28th April 2008
Stay in Britain in a Bed and Breakfast instead of self catering is good value for money, if you take a little time to research what is available.
There are many fine bed and breakfast places in all parts of Britain with accommodation at prices to suit ...
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28th April 2008
The nomadic people in Mongolia have lived in Yurts on the bleak windswept plains, for thousands of years, herding their animals and moving from place to place with the herds. Yurts therefore needed to be warm, comfortable and easy to erect and dismantle. ...
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