Why a website at all?
On our visits to Britain, apart from successfully disguising ourselves so the Brits couldn't recognise us as super-intelligent koalas¹, well, super-intelligent on the Koala IQ-scale², we've had some trouble finding the places we've known about, and missed some. Worse, however, were all the places we've learned about since our trip. In some cases we were even nearby, but the local tourism material and travel books didn't mention them.
¹ That's not very hard, after all, as the British IQ levels absolutely plummeted after all the smarties emigrated to Australia, with and without a judicially applied boot up the arse to help them on their way - in this case, "judicially" means "Delivered by a boot on the foot of a corrupt, port-addled, wealthy, hypocritical, toadying, gout suffering, white bloke, riddled with the pox, wearing a black dress and a white wig made from horse hair from close to the horse's part he closely resembled and from which he had been excreted many, many decades earlier."
² Which puts us a few rungs higher on the Human IQ scale than your average Liberal Party³ voter⁴.
³ "Liberal Party" refers to the fake, illiberal, anti-worker, forelock-tugging, conservative, backwards-looking, anti-environment, right wing party established by the appalling Robert Menzies, who then lied, connived, backstabbed, and finagled his way to becoming Australia's longest serving prime minister, after world war 2.
⁴ Who's unreasoningly blind dancing on Liberal Party controlled puppet strings will forever mystify us.
So, if we want to see such places we've got to fork out a couple of tens of thousands of dollars for another trip when there are heaps of places we would still like to visit for the first time. Oh, and the basic fact we'll probably not be able to afford a trip of any kind! Least of all to a next-to-third-rate little joint off the coast of continental Europe!
Hence, although we may not be able to benefit from this website, we hope the material is of value to others. We should note that as historians we got a bit carried away by our research at times and have probably included heaps more information than you need, or are interested in (!). But, if you've got the time, have a read. We reckon most, if not all, is interesting. But you be the judge! Oh, by the way, the boringly verbose history nerd in this case is mostly Lex!
Hence, although we may not be able to benefit from this website, we hope the material is of value to others. We should note that as historians we got a bit carried away by our research at times and have probably included heaps more information than you need, or are interested in (!). But, if you've got the time, have a read. We reckon most, if not all, is interesting. But you be the judge! Oh, by the way, the boringly verbose history nerd in this case is mostly Lex!