Christine Burgmer | Blog » Britain http://blog.english-trainer.de Tips and resources for the English language learner Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:37:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Weirdest days out 3 http://blog.english-trainer.de/2010/07/weirdest-days-out-3/ http://blog.english-trainer.de/2010/07/weirdest-days-out-3/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:49:37 +0000 Christine http://blog.english-trainer.de/?p=1938 According to www.telegraph.co.uk, some of the weirdest days out in Britain include:

The Oxford Bus Museum

Newgrange in Ireland

Teapot Island in Kent

The International Climbing Arena in Edinburgh

The Jorvik Viking Centre in York

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Dennis Severs’ House in Spitalfields, London

Electric Brae in Scotland

The Cumberland Pencil Museum in Keswick, Cumbria

The Old Operating Theatre Museum in Southwark, London

Pitt Rivers museum in Oxford

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The Gnome Reserve in West Putford, Devon

The Bakelite Museum in Williton, Somerset

The Kelvldon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker in Essex

The Dog Collar Museum at Leeds Castle

The Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall

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]]> http://blog.english-trainer.de/2009/10/england/feed/ 0 The British breakfast http://blog.english-trainer.de/2009/06/the-british-breakfast/ http://blog.english-trainer.de/2009/06/the-british-breakfast/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:10:06 +0000 Christine http://blog.english-trainer.de/?p=1072 This Bayerischer Rundfunk audio clip talks about the great British breakfast.

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Elizabeth

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

The Other Boleyn Girl

sparked your interest in British history?

Then why not use the BBC’s easy-to-use interactive timeline to find out more (from the Neolithic to the present day)?


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I made a photobook with the first verse of one of my favourite poems:

and one with pictures of London…


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