by Keira Garrigan | Sep 24, 2023
Such an amazing urban retreat in Reading and such a journey from derelict swimming pool to beautiful lido! The history is so interesting: Thames Lido is the disused King’s Meadow swimming pool located by the river Thames on King’s Meadow in Reading, Berkshire. It was...
by Keira Garrigan | Sep 17, 2023
We’ll start off by saying that this one is for the Big Oxplorers only: no children allowed, and no dogs allowed either. Rousham is widely regarded as one of the greatest gardens in the world, by many of the best garden designers in the world. And whilst I’m no...
by Keira Garrigan | Aug 31, 2023
There’s a lot of (free!) gates into Blenheim Park but this one is far and away our favourite, and a route that we do at least twice a month. First we have to give a mention to the beautiful bench near the entrance of Combe gate. It’s carved out of a 500...
by Keira Garrigan | Aug 13, 2023
You may have driven past this before and never realised there was such an interesting playground here, it’s a bit hidden behind bushes. A fantastic playground which is basically a big fort, complete with cannons! The fort is quite genius and has multiple ways to...
by Keira Garrigan | Aug 6, 2023
The grounds and chapel of New College are an adventure that every visitor to Oxford should undertake – especially Harry Potter fans! The cloisters appear in the Harry Potter ‘Goblet of Fire’ film, one of many Oxford college locations that were used. The New...
