Frommer's Britain for Free. Great Days Out That Won't Break the Bank [Travel Guide] (Wiley 2010).pdf

FREE

GREAT DAYS OUT

THAT WON’T

BREAK THE

BANK

BEN AND DINAH HATCH

BRITAIN FOR

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CONTENTS

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1 London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Getting Around London 6

In or Out? 11

Super Troopers 12

Big Ben 15

Diana & Dodi 18

Harrods Hilarity 19

Mamma Mia 23

Bobby Dazzlers 24

Beating the Drum 25

Fun Recipe 26

Thomas Coram 27

Scientology 29

Spot the Park in… 30

Building the Globe 34

Food for Thought 35

Where it Stems From 41

Key Fact 42

Barnardo Boy 44

A Bridge Room too Far 47

The Boat Race 49

You’re Going to Like This, but

Not a Lot 50

61–67 Go Star-Spotting 52

And to do Online… 54

2 South-East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Shades of Gray 63

King’s College Chapel 65

A Stickler for the Rules 66

Dadd’s Dad 71

CONTENTS

More Bedlam 72

Ooh, I Could Stand on a

Stone Column 74

The Barmy Army 78

Losing your Marbles 85

3 South-West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Shiver me Timbers 91

Banksy 93

Boil & Bubble, Toil &

Trouble 96

Boxing Clever 99

The Sting 101

Now for Something Com-

pletely Different 105

Hard Cheese 105

Alice’s Story 108

Getting There 113

Staff & Nonsense 114

What you Can Bring

with You 120

4 Midlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Plague Story 127

Does my Bum Look Big in

These? 129

Gutted Plotter 135

Rekindling the Flame 139

Rugger Rugger 143

The Force is Strong in this

One 151

The Best Light-bulb

Jokes 157

6 North-West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Killer Wales 168

Gurning 169

The Worm Turns 170

A German Pain in the

Neck 175

Flower Power 176

The Great Escape 178

Telltale Squirrel Signs 183

The Soap Star 184

5 North-East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Cuddy & the Otters 149

Still Railing 150

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