Travel

• A to Z Maps
• AAA Membership Benefits

Fiction

• Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South – also available as a miniseries.

DVDs

• Picture of Britain series – Available only in Region 2 format. It will play on your computer.
• Battlefield Britain series – Fantastic series and available for Region 1!
• All Creatures Great and Small series
• The Story of English series (available for Region 1)

Apps

• BBC Radio
• Weather Frcst UK Free
• National Trust
• English Heritage Days Out
• London Bus Tube
• Currency (XE)
• British Rail
• Time Out
• Tip Calculator

Note: Always check with your phone company before travel to ensure you have the right phone/data plan for your trip. Consider buying a temporary phone or SIM card in the UK. It’s probably cheaper.

Travel Assistance

• Visit Britain Super Blog
• Walks Around Britain

Joy’s Videos

• UT Informal Class
• My YouTube Channel

Historical Videos

• King Richard III (1452-1485)
  • Part 1 of 3
  • Part 2 of 3
  • Part 3 of 3
• Is the Royal Family Legitimate?

Money

• Collecting VAT – by Rick Steves
• VAT Government Site
• Carrying Money Securely

Dialect

• Britishisms and the Britishisation of American English
• English to British Translation
• The Bible int Yorkshire
• Academic look at Yorkshire dialect
• The Story of English – Yorkshire
• Geordie
• British to American clip
• British Council clip
• Cumbrian Toponomy (How placenames came to be in Cumbria)
• Rare dialect of the Cromarty Fisherfolk
• How we’re losing the Yorkshire Dialect

Places

• Introduction to the Lake District, Hadrian’s Wall, and Durham
• Top 10
• Differences between UK, GB, etc.
• Mother Shipton’s Cave
• Knaresborough
• Cumbria
• Keswick
• The Lake District National Park
• North/South Divide
• Wensleydale Creamery

Lodging

• Keswick
• Goodwin
  House – Keswick
• London
  School of Economics… GREAT find according to a friend.
• Melrose House – near London
• Chiswick Palace Best Western – ask for a room in the main hotel – not the annex
• The Avalon B&B in Tintagel

Transportation

• Getting to Central London from Heathrow
• London Underground and Bus
• London Underground
• London Underground II
• National Rail
• Hovercraft museum
• “The Knowledge”
• Canal trips
• Britrail Passes
• Seat Guru

Hiking

• The Striding Edge
• Long Distance Footpaths (may need Google to translate to English)
• Keswick Rambles
• Walking Women (hiking tours)
• Wainwright Society
• Ten Best Coastal Walks
• Walkit (hiking planner)

Shopping

• Love the Lakes
• Ye Olde Friar’s
• Fortnum and Mason (for buying tea)
• Camden Market

Comedy

• Aga Saga Woman North vs. South
• The Four Yorkshiremen (Monty Python)
• Michael McIntyre – Yorkshire Accent
• My Fair Colbert – Stephen Colbert learns British Ettiquette

History

• Richard III Society
• Richard III Body Found!
• King Richard III Burial

Eating Out

• Betty’s of Harrogate (also home of Taylor’s of Harrogate)

Packing

• Sun Protection
• TravelSmith (Clothing and gear)
• FlightMole
• Butler Bureau
• Carry My Luggage
• Luggage Free and see their Youtube Video!
• One Bag

Prohibited Items

• TSA