When I told friends that I was going to Skye for a week’s holiday, they warned me that rain, hail or thick fog would descend and ruin the trip. “It always rains in Scotland” was their warning cry. But they were wrong – when I arrived, it didn’t […]
Have you ever discovered something so weird and wonderful on your travels that you’ve had to pinch yourself? Jupiter Artland is a great destination which I found completely by accident. It’s a fantastic and unexpected place, full of surprises and strange discoveries. Jupiter has a dream-like quality – […]
How do you raise your spirits on a dreary, rainy day in Yorkshire? Drinking beer is the obvious answer. The Black Sheep Brewery in Masham runs an entertaining hour-long tour which is the perfect antidote to a lack of Yorkshire sunshine. Although I visited because it was a ‘rainy day’, it […]
Who doesn’t love a festive Christmas market? The great British public is going nuts for them this year but I’m not convinced that I share everybody’s enthusiasm. These days every town and city in Britain seems to have its own winter wonderland and seasonal shopping village based on traditional European markets. […]
St Michael’s Mount is one of Britain’s most stunning coastal locations. It’s the jewel in Cornwall’s crown. This small island is cut off from the mainland several times every day so it has a character all of its own. A flotilla of small boats carries passengers from one side of the […]
In winter there’s nothing better than the sound of wild geese honking overhead. Barnacle Geese are incredible flying and honking machines. Every winter they make a 4,000 mile round trip from their home in Svalbard near the Arctic Circle to the Solway Firth. These long distance travellers are remarkable […]
The Vikings are coming! Watch out for longships, horny warriors and armies of Danish invaders at the British Museum in London. The story of the Vikings has intrigued us for centuries. It’s a tale of plunder and pillage. The Vikings are synonymous with men wearing horned helmets and wielding […]
What is the sound of Britain? The pouring of a cup of tea, a black cab beeping and the chimes of Big Ben are all being used in a new Visit Britain tourism campaign. Dubbed ‘Sounds of GREAT Britain’ it is designed to inspire the world to choose Britain […]
Andy Goldsworthy’s art takes you on a journey, an excursion into another world. His landscape art is a brilliant example of an artist working with the environment, often using natural materials found in the location where he’s based. My first encounter with Goldsworthy’s art came when by accident when I […]
Take a tour of the DFDS ferry to Amsterdam.
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