Tag: Boating

• The Grand Union Canal

  

  The inland waterways are symbolic of the Chilterns; neither shouts about achievements; both are modest, quietly getting on with ensuring livelihoods can continue and now leisure is enjoyed. Both are treasured.

  Mary Tebje

  19th August 2020

  Chiltern Hills, Travel in England, Visit England

  blogs, Boating, British Waterways, Canal and river Trust, canal boat, Chiltern Hills, chilterns, Chilterns countryside, Countryside, countrywalk, Curiosity, Education, england, english, English countryside, english history, food, Grand Union Canal, hiking, history, industrial heritage, inland waterways, landscape, leisure, lock keepers cottage, Photography, pump house, quirky, seasons, sense of place, staycation, summer, The Chilterns, Tourism, Travel, Travel and Tourism, Travel blogging, walking

• Chilterns A to Z

  

  Get to know the ghosts, they all have a story to tell.

  Mary Tebje

  22nd February 2018

  A to z, autumn, Berkhamsted, blogs, Boating, chequers, chilterns, church heritage, Countryside, Education, england, english, english history, Explore, families, farming, festivals, Follies, food, heritage, Hermits, Hitchin, industrial heritage, landscape, legends, leisure, Library, Musuem, myths, national trust, Photography, quirky, Rural, rural tourism, seasons, sense of place, snow, snowscape, summer, The Chilterns, traditions, Travel, Travel and Tourism, Travel blogging, waterways, winter

• The Chilterns in Miniature

  

  This gem shows the vision of a man clearly rooted in his local landscape – he created the Chilterns in miniature!

  Mary Tebje

  18th January 2018

  Chiltern Hills, Travel in England

  beaconsfield, bekonscot, blogs, Boating, british, Chiltern Hills, chilterns, Countryside, cricket, Days out, Days out from London, england, english, families, history, landscape, leisure, Library, Market towns, Model villages, museums, Photography, quirky, Rural, sense of place, summer, The Chilterns, Tourism, traditions, Travel, Travel and Tourism, Travel blogging, travel guide, travel photography, travel to england, travel to the chilterns

• Mind the Swan Uppers!

  

  A hot July afternoon beside the river Thames at Marlow is always to be savoured. Panting dogs, bored children, enthusiastic pensioners, white linen-clad ladies, zoom lenses and bulging picnic hampers in evidence. We are gathered to see HM Queen’s procession of Swan Uppers!

  Mary Tebje

  14th November 2017

  Buckinghamshire, Chiltern Hills, Travel in England, Visit England

  A Year in the Chilterns, blogs, Boating, Chiltern Hills, chilterns, Chilterns AONB, Chilterns history, chilterns village, chilterns walks, countryside experiences, English countryside, english history, festivals, food, heritage, HM the Queen, landscape, leisure, Marlow, River Thames, Royal heritage, rural heritage, seasons, sense of place, slow travel, summer, Swan Uppers, The Chilterns, the lollards, Tourism, traditions, Travel, Travel and Tourism, Travel blogging, travel photography, waterways, Windsor Castle