Weird wonders, including a prowl around Amsterdam’s cat museum, a truly deep Transylvanian theme park and ‘Stalin’s World’ in Lithuania, have made readers embrace the quirky. Julian Worker has written a number of travel books including Travels through History : France Travels through History – The Balkans: Journeys in the former Yugoslavia Travels through HistoryContinue reading “10 of the best eccentric attractions in Europe: readers’ travel tips”
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British Traditions – Dyke Leaping
This is an extract from my book 40 Humourous British Traditions The only fatality was in 1671 when Henry de Belancourt starved to death at the King’s Lynn sea-dyke leaping. He was determined to win and so decided to vault across using a small willow tree. In the final round a successful leap would haveContinue reading “British Traditions – Dyke Leaping”
Colin Furze – as seen on BBC World
Colin Furze is a plumber by day – but in his spare time he heads to his shed and invents things such as the world’s fastest pram and the world’s fastest toilet. I saw Colin on BBC World today (January 31st) and was most impressed. See for yourself on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/colinfurze
Julian Worker Travel - A few ideas for your next trip in every direction 