Thor's Cave is a hilltop cavern in the Peak District of England. It looks out over the Manifold Valley and spectacular views are had from...

The Forest of Dean spreads across a huge area of Gloucestershire and as well as a place of natural beauty it has a unique culture within...

As promised in my previous post about Cannock Chase, here is the tale of Dick Slee, the hermit of the Chase. While Slee most definitely...

Returning to Bredon Hill tonight for another tale, one of many soaked into it's landscape through the ages. While a night in the stocks...

Bredon Hill stands brooding at the very edge of the Cotswold range in Worcestershire. This unique stone has been a source of building...

Valentines Day is usually a time for candlelit dinners, cards, heart shaped cushions but in many cases - stand up rows. The latter...

Hanley Castle is a picturesque village lying between Worcester and Upton on Severn. With many buildings, including the Three Kings pub,...

Stow on the Wold is a small Gloucestershire town, first established as a market by the Normans as it lay at the intersection of several...

If you read my last post on St Kenelm you would know now that his final resting place was an abbey at Winchcombe in Gloucestershire. This...

So what exactly is that moody looking rock formation in our cover picture? I'm glad you asked! Straddling the borders of the Peak...

Rising high along “The Marches” borderlands between England and Wales (where Mercia derived it's name), The Long Mynd is a huge plateau...

The kingdom of Mercia has seen many rulers and prominent figures through the 600 odd years of the Anglo Saxon era. One such character,...

Leominster is a small town lying at the edge of Herefordshire very close to the border with Wales. Other than it being the site of two...

As current events are curtailing our usual wandering around the kingdom it is a good time to look more closely at the places that we take...

A gigantic shining monument to our pagan forefathers standing rampant over a Black Country town? Well – yes and no. The statue of...

Just a couple of miles north of Kidderminster lies the picturesque village of Wolverley. It has a fine church with an adjoining field...

A happy Saint George's Day to you all ! Now, I have told several tales from the slopes and surrounding area of Bredon Hill in...

When we think of great cemeteries names like Highgate and the Necropolis spring to mind, but here in Mercia, in our largest city of...

The Church of St Peter and St Lawrence sits at the edge of the village of Powick. Dating from the 13th century it's a fine but otherwise...

The Peak District is one of the most ruggedly beautiful areas of Mercia, and indeed all of Britain. At it's heart lies the small town of...