However, life as a 21st century Victorian hasn’t always been easy, she admits. Going out in full regalia and using penny farthings and high-wheel tricycles for transport can attract the wrong ...

Bicknell chose the Trace as his penny-farthing route and brought snacks to fuel his way. “If anyone in passing wants to ...

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This was in 1893. As he couldn't skate in the summer months he used this pair of road skates to try & keep up his skating practice, (as well as riding a penny farthing cycle), whether they worked ...

It’s her version of a very, very low tech iPhone. Dressed in homemade Victorian clothes, the writer of historical fiction and of non-fiction serves her husband home-cooked meals from traditional ...

This was in 1893. As he couldn't skate in the summer months he used this pair of road skates to try & keep up his skating practice, (as well as riding a penny farthing cycle), whether they worked ...