• It’s St. Paddy’s Day Eve from Craggy Island

    It’s St. Paddy’s Day Eve from Craggy Island

    You can wear green all you want, have a pint of Guinness, maybe some Irish Stew or Corned Beef and Cabbage or even go to a parade but it just wouldn’t be St. Patrick’s Day without a trip to Ireland’s favorite destination – Craggy Island. With the realization that many across the globe have been […]

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  • Handel, Hendrix and Van Gogh, oh my!

    Handel, Hendrix and Van Gogh, oh my!

    If you find yourself in London during the holidays, here are a couple off-the-beaten path places to check out that you just, quite frankly, don’t find on a regular basis when traveling to another city. Given the potential of you never know what you will find around the corner, this is why London is a […]

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  • For £900k, a piece of ‘Vicar of Dibley’ can be yours in Turville!

    For £900k, a piece of ‘Vicar of Dibley’ can be yours in Turville!

    The cottage which doubled as the home of Geraldine Granger in the Vicar of Dibley has gone on sale – for a mere £900,000. Set in the fictional Oxfordshire village of Dibley, the real cottage is nestled in the quaint and picturesque Oxfordshire village of Turville. Having just recently spent some time there as part of KERA’s […]

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  • Capping off the KERA British Telly Tour with a trip to ‘Dibley’ and Bletchley Park!

    Capping off the KERA British Telly Tour with a trip to ‘Dibley’ and Bletchley Park!

    Taking absolutely nothing away from our stops earlier in the week touring filming locations for Downton Abbey (Highclere Castle), Poldark (Chavenage House), Midsomer Murders (Dorchester-on-Thames), Inspector Morse/Lewis/Endeavour (Oxfordshire) and Agatha Raisin (Biddestone), the final day of the KERA British Telly Tour before returning to London may have been the best of all with a stop in Turville, yet another picturesque small English village (thankfully, no murders have occured there to my knowledge) for a behind-the-scenes look at the Vicar of Dibley and then on to Bletchley Park (Bletchley Circle) for a glimpse at the brilliant work that came out of the minds of the roughly 9000 men and women that worked tirelessly to end World War II .

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  • Having survived ‘Midsomer Murders’, it’s on to Highclere Castle and Chavenage House!

    Having survived ‘Midsomer Murders’, it’s on to Highclere Castle and Chavenage House!

    With new found confidence after surviving our time in the small English village of Dorchester-on-Thames touring several Midsomer Murder locations and living to tell about it, the Transcendent Travel/KERA Great British Telly Tour continued safely on to Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey) and Chavenage House (Poldark) on Wednesday. Being able to experience the more than familiar locations used […]

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  • Tellyspotting survives small English village with a day in ‘Midsomer’

    Tellyspotting survives small English village with a day in ‘Midsomer’

    For fans of Midsomer Murders and Father Brown, you know how difficult it is to survive life in a small English village. With a overall body count expected to rise about 400 during filming of the 25th series of the extraordinarily popular British drama, Dorchester-on-Thames was the next stop on the KERA British Telly Tour this week. Fortunately, I […]

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