Travel

It’s around 3100BC. You are standing in the middle of a large clearing in a vast forest in South-West Anglia (or maybe it already was a wind

Yep, Rovinj is a gem, a hill top town on a peninsula jutting into the Adriatic, full of tangled, cobble-stoned narrow streets

Travel story of Edinburgh highlights, festivals, castles, palaces, witches and more.

It’s cosmopolitan, it’s boisterous, it’s tranquil, it’s corrupt, it’s beautiful, it’s so cool. it’s one of the greatest cities in the...

What is a well-known city on the world that is slowly sinking into the sea and is, in fact, surrounded by its own lagoon? Right, well,...

The first thing to note is that there are, in fact, NO pigeons on Pigeon Cay. Gulls yes, pigeons, no. So with that having been...

Because Bruges is a small and quaint and charming and historic city with a fairy tale vibe. Swans on the canals, a maze of medieval...

For inveterate castle-hunters like myself, well, you can imagine what a treasure trove the Loire valley is. From ancient mighty...

Naturally, the iconic picture of Budapest is the Parliament Building, finished, sort of, in 1896, on the 1000th anniversary of the...

There have been soooo many travel stories about Rome, my take will be to barely touch on the famous, kinda, and dwell on Rome’s...

This post will be different, heavy on pictures, as they tell a thousand words, and less on…well…words, well a few words anyway. The thing...

It’s the light. You can feel it, you can see it, you can almost smell it, and if you pass a lavender farm, you know you’re in Provence -...

And now, for a complete change of ‘pace’, we decided to walk several sections of Scotland’s Fife Coastal Path, since Vicky is from...

What? The inspiration for the elvish city of Rivendell in JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit? If you have seen the movie or read the book (perhaps...

Ah, Tuscany… vineyards, olive groves, hill-top towns, Florence, pizza, Sienna, pasta, Volterra, la bella vita… we came for all of this…...

z So, did you know that Salzburg became wealthy because of one indispensable and highly prized item in the Middle Ages and well before...

Sure, sure, sun, sand, surf…any more s’s? Oh yes, beaches aplenty, and you can laze around if that’s your wish, but you could do that in...

Largest thermal spa lake in Europe The first reaction to Lake Héviz that I recall was from my grand-daughter, Maddie, who asked: “Grampa,...

Most people go to the Mayan Riviera for sun, sand and surf… for those who wish for unspoiled beaches, beautiful lagoons with great...

OK, so they are not so long as The West Highland Way nor Shakespeare’s Way, but the views are outstanding. Last stop before Italy is the...

What an amazing, unique place - Palm Desert - makes you wonder who thought it would be a good idea to build a town here. Like Phoenix, it...

Tales of hauntings are all too common in the British Isles, and none more so than in Scotland. We have been around Scotland several times...

We had just left Le Lion d’Or having had an absolutely delicious, and completely unexpected four-course gourmet lunch. The starter was...

Lots of the countries can lay claim to have genuinely picturesque towns and regions. I think of Bruges in Belgium, Heidelberg in Germany,...

…and now for something completely different (sort of). We’ve all been chomping at the bit to get out of the house, out of the city, out...

Stand in awe in front of the Sagrada Familia Basilica and stare, along with hundreds of other slack-jawed tourists up at Antoni Gaudi’s...

Europe has been a favourite destination for us, both having been born there, but we had never visited the South-West corner, so this was...

There has to be no other nation on earth, well, maybe, of comparable size, that has so many Public Walking Paths as Britain. The right to...

Travel! What is your idea of a satisfying trip? Some will go for cruises – see as many places as possible (for a few hours), then enjoy...

The clouds were thickening and starting to spit rain as we made our slow way back, from a solid four-hour hike to and from the trail head...

It was 11PM. Our bus was on its way back to our various hotels to let us (some of us) stagger off the bus and into bed. The way back was...

When you have finally tired of walking around Buda palace on its hill top, or the old district of the Citadel… When you’ve had it with...

“Where the H*LL is Roatan”. I couldn’t resist it. There we were, in one of the few up-scale souvenirs shops in Coxen Hole on the island...

I know, I know, yet another travel story about wines and vineyards. You have read stories about the great wine regions of France, Italy,...

We can’t be called inveterate hikers, but we have done a bit of it, now and then as it was, and is, a very satisfying way to stay fit as...

A gem in the heart of Europe Slovenia is small – somewhat smaller than New Hampshire, but it sure packs a punch in scenery. You don’t...