Having had to cancel my visit to Colmar for 3 successive years since 2019 for one reason or another, I was determined to celebrate my special birthday there. And I…

Basel, the third largest Swiss city situated on the banks of Rhine River in northwest Switzerland, close to the country’s borders with France and Germany, was to have been just…

This post is part of a series called Sweet Somerset What’s in a name?  Well, far from being irrelevant as implied by Shakespeare, a name fires the imagination, conjures up…

This post is part of a series called Madeira After 2 years of staycation, I was thrilled to be able to travel abroad again. Madeira in January was the ideal…

This post is part of a series called Gorgeous English Gardens What a fabulous way to wind up the year with a visit to National Trust’s Stourhead to see the…

This post is part of a series called In and around London “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”, so said Dr Samuel Johnson in…

This post is part of a series called Wonderful Wiltshire As one last fling at staycation before the onset of winter, my partner and I spent a few days in…

This post is part of a series called In and around London London – brash, bold and bewitching – was the exact antithesis of the rural destination of my recent…

This post is part of a series called English cities & towns My friends assumed that a hodophile like me, or frog traveller as my friend Galina calls me, would…

This post is part of a series called English cities & towns How could I follow up a great day in Stratford Upon Avon? (see link) Have a walking tour…