Discover the London Underground with one woman's daily experiences of traveling on the London Underground subway system or the Tube as it is known to the locals. Bloggie Award Finalist.

One stop travel guide to London

Blame it on the weather, written 4 days ago, So the day before yesterday I had just blamed the weather for my cold, when I stumbled across this amusing yet true news article that has appeared in the telegraph. I think Philip Eden has a point. In the article he describes how more and more, politician...

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Rexburg Temple Sketchup, written 4 weeks ago,

Icesave Savings Fiasco, written 4 days ago, On Tuesday, I read in the papers that the Icelandic bank, Icesave was on the brink of collapse, another casualty in the credit crunch crisis that is hitting the world. It struck fear and anxiety in me as I have all my savings in the bank.. arrrgh!! Their ...

Festival Moments, written 3 days ago, Portobello Road, W11

The Ledbury, Notting Hill (revisited), written 4 days ago, Today is Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, and I'm fasting. No beverages or food for 24 hours. But at sundown today, it's back to my piggish ways. What better way to spend my last food-and-drink-free hours than to write about delicious delic...

Greetings Budget Travel Readers!, written 2 days ago, If you're new to Less Than a Shoestring, please take some time and have a poke around! I welcome your questions and comments on the site. This blog shows that travel can indeed be both pleasurable and frugal. Because I live in Europe, you'll find...

Mottram Road, Broadbottom, written 1 day ago, Broadbottom War Memorial stands at the corner of Mottram Road and Moss Lane.

Original photos of London Life and other attractions in the UK capital

No Posts, written 1 week ago, I've been lazy recently, and haven't really posted for the better part of a month.  This is not my usual style and I'd like to get back to my normal routine of posting crap and nonsensical tales. But I'm going to Greece next week to tour the islands, so it'll have to w...

Eight bits of good news, written 6 days ago, Not everything is gloom and panic. Here are eight pieces of good news on the transport front. 1. The US government is suddenly spending money on 15 projects to boost intercity rail passenger capacity. Amtrak carried more passengers in July than in any mon...

New Cross Hip Hop and Grime, written 3 days ago, Google doesn't always give you what you want. Searching for some recent urban music from this part of the world threw up some strange results. I searched under "New Cross" grime and google came up with 'Did you mean: "new cross" cr...

This all is about a nice little british wildlife center where you can see animals in their natural environment and photographers can realy get close without disturbing or stressing animals. Worth a visit!!

12 Famous People Buried in Ireland, written 1 week ago, You don't have to be morbid to have a fascination with cemeteries, especially when you're traveling. Cemeteries in other countries can be some of the top tourist attractions, whether or not there's anyone famous buried there. But of course, it ...

A summer evening dancing, written 5 days ago, Totally outside the scope of this blog, in that it's not homegrown in East Anglia and it's not available by the weekend, but there's one more night of the Richard Alston Dance Company at the Cambridge Arts theatre tonight. It is contemporary dance, which...

Sunday Best: AHT206J, written 1 day ago, ©Ian Kirby (More) New to Bristol Omnibus, passed to Badgerline and later became part of the Badger Vectis fleet. Acquired by Western National for use on tendered services in the Torquay area - subsequently to Southern National, Smiths of Portland before pass...

Helps travelers find where to go and the fun things to do in Edinburgh, Scotland. It gives information about hotels and hostels as well as local sites and cultural highlights that shouldn't be missed when traveling in Edinburgh.

Sunday snippets..., written 1 day ago,