![Cheese Rolling at Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire [Source: Wikipedia]](http://www.ukseries.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cheese-rolling-coopers-hill-460-wikipedia-150x150.jpg)
Cheese has been part of the British way of life for centuries, but just in case you simply can’t get enough cheese in your life or you simply wanted to take your life in your hands, you could always enter the wacky world of cheese rolling. Cheese Rolling on Cooper’s Hill has to be one [...]
Tom Sellers is one of the rising stars of the restaurant business, but his new restaurant called Restaurant Story which has just opened in London combines Goldilocks, Michelin Star dining and a toilet block. The trouble with opening a restaurant in London is trying to make yourself stand out from all the other celebrity chefs. [...]
We’re not even at the end of May yet and Brighton is already buzzing with art festivals and even features its own fringe festival just in-case the main Brighton Festival is too main stream. Over 3 glorious weeks, Brighton will be praying to the sun gods as the entire town gets into the festival spirit! [...]
![Castle Cornet in Guernsey [Source: VisitGuernsey]](http://www.ukseries.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/castle-cornet-guernsey-460-visitguernsey-150x150.jpg)
On the evening of the 17th May Guernsey’s historic Castle Cornet is joining other museums and sites all over the continent in welcoming the public for an evening of fun and learning! Background: Castle Cornet has guarded the harbour to Guernsey’s capital St Peter Port for over 800 years, is located just off the shore [...]
![Gorgeously Ugly Fish at London Zoo [(c) London Zoo]](http://www.ukseries.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/gorgeously-ugly-fish-zsl-480-150x150.jpg)
It might sound like a start of a lovely romantic attachment, but this dating advert comes direct from London Zoo where the “gorgeously ugly” male in question being a species of fish more officially known as the Mangarahara Cichlid which urgently needs to find a female. Very urgent: The dating appeal comes from the zoo [...]
![Charlie and the Chcolate Factory afternoon tea [Source: VisitBritain]](http://www.ukseries.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/charlie-choc-factory-afternoon-tea-150x150.jpg)
For fans of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Chesterfield Mayfair hotel has a very special treat in the form of their exclusive Chocolate Factory afternoon tea. The special afternoon tea will be available from the 13th May and will feature a selection of special teas and cakes named after characters and scenes [...]
There are plenty of 5K (3 mile) charity runs around Britain each year, but nothing quite like the “Color Run UK” where those taking part start off in white t-shirts and end up every color of the rainbow by the finish! This worldwide event only started in 2012 with 50 events and 600,000 participants, and [...]
Residents and regular visitors to London will know the hassles of finding the mysterious and somewhat haphazard “free parking” areas in London, but a new smartphone app aims to find all those hidden free parking zones. Parking in London just like most cities can be a little expensive sometimes, with figures we’ve seen for the [...]
![Hydrangea Macrophylla pink flowers [Source: Wikipedia]](http://www.ukseries.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hydrangea-macrophylla-460-wikipedia-150x150.jpg)
When you think of Derby you’d likely think of railways, china teacups and maybe Brian Clough for the footie fans, but we’re really not sure anyone would think Derby has the largest collection of Hydrangeas in the UK. Started in 1984, Derby’s Hydrangea collection is the largest in Britain and the third largest in the [...]
There are a few contenders for Britain’s smallest house, but a new build in Leyton, London, has even the neighbours a little perplexed especially as it is no wider than a garage at approximately 6 feet! The space in Manor Road, Leyton was originally a falling down garage sandwiched between two houses but around a [...]
