1. Underrated Destination – Umbria Lovely Umbria, nestled in Tuscany’s tourism shadow, is the lesser known jewel in Italy’s crown with its historic palaces, piazzas and cathedrals. The countryside is picture perfect with vineyards, olive groves and sunflower fields stretching as far as the eye can see. Charming villages […]
There’s nothing quite like a crisp winter day on Lindisfarne with bright sunshine and clear skies. Lindisfarne is an exhilarating place any season of the year but December is one of my favourite months. The crowds have gone, the beaches are empty and the village has the sleepy air […]
Autumn is a great time to go bird watching with birds migrating to the UK from the Arctic, Russia and Scandinavia. Usually this involves a trek to a nearby wilderness location but this autumn the action seems to have transferred to our own backyard. A gluttony of autumn […]
Camper vans are one of life’s great leisure pleasures. I love camper vans and the lure of the road… the sense of freedom, independence and a home-from-home. This week our old but perfectly-formed camper van celebrates its 4th anniversary (see Tony van Diesel’s guest post). Over the last […]
Happy Halloween! Time to grab a pumpkin, carve great designs and do the Monster Mash at a hell-raising party with a few fellow ghosts and ghouls. But today’s trip to the Metro Centre in Gateshead, Europe’s largest shopping mall, confirmed that something even more ghoulish has been going on. So much for […]
Hadrian’s Wall is Britain’s answer to the Great Wall of China. Built by the Romans between AD 122 and AD 130, this remarkable structure stretches from Carlisle on England’s west coast to Wallsend on the east. This World Heritage site is top of many visitors’ tour schedules in the north of England – […]
Woke up this morning and felt the sudden urge for some sporting action! Adrenalin-fuelled power boating to be precise. Power boating is like an aquatic Formula One race but on water and with obstacles. They do share one thing in common though – they’re both about guys going […]
Craster is one of Northumberland’s coolest locations. No, I don’t mean the weather although admittedly it’s often chilly and windswept on the North East coast. I’m talking about the joys of sea, sand and shell fish…. in one of the most dramatic locations on Britain’s coastline. Last weekend we took the camper […]
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park – what a brilliant destination for international art in the great outdoors! Tammy’s weekend trip to one of the UK’s biggest outdoor art complexes far exceeded her expectations. It’s been nearly 20 years since I last visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and it seems to have doubled in […]
It was only a few years ago that I discovered that there is a growing tourist market for what is called ‘destination art’. You won’t find this type of art in a conventional gallery. It is generally large in scale and tends to be situated in the great outdoors […]
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