Last Saturday, our hair dryer unexpectedly cycled down to a lower speed while my wife was using it. We let it rest awhile, and it came back...

In Charles Kingsley's Elizabethan Era novel Westward Ho! , one person Amyas Leigh distrusts is his cousin Eustace. This has less to do...

In Charles Kingsley's epic novel Westward Ho! , young Amyas Leigh is drawn to a local beauty named Rose. But he's only a young teen,...

I wasn't sure what to expect when we pulled into the visitor lot in Appledore. Charles Kingsley had mentioned the town in his novel W...

Walking the Long Bridge in Bideford, England As I said in Part 1, our GPS unit was clearly malfunctioning. Lacking adequate maps, we h...

The riverfront in Bideford, England I once corresponded with a couple who never traveled anywhere. Aside from the occasional day trip,...

After enjoying the Burton Art Gallery, and walking the streets of Bideford, I noticed many of the shops were closing up. So we headed back...

Nature paints with her own palette, and chooses her brushes with care. Images flow into being, different, but just as interesting, a...

Bideford may not seem remarkable to the average tourist. Yet after reading Charles Kingsley's novel Westward Ho! , I enjoyed explorin...

Normally, my wife and I are early-risers. But England seemed to demand a different schedule. So it was that we arrived in Bideford shortl...