This post is part of a series called Around England Ross on Wye became known as “the birthplace of Picturesque Tourism” after being featured in the first travel guidebook about…

This post is part of a series called Around England Hereford is diametrically opposed to cosmopolitan Hong Kong of my recent visit but a change of pace for few days…

This post is part of a series called Sweet Somerset I don’t normally travel in the U.K. in December, nor do I book accommodation before knowing anything about the area!…

This post is part of a series called Sweet Somerset Preface I confess to feeling a tinge of sadness when the clock goes back by an hour at the last…

This post is part of a series called Delightful Devon As my partner hails from Bideford, our annual trip to north Devon tends to be based around there. This year…

This post is part of a series called Around England What can be a more traditional English weekend break than to have mid morning refreshment in a pretty market town,…

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…

My friends assumed that a hodophile like me, or frog traveller as my friend Galina calls me, would be moping around waiting for the travel restrictions abroad to be lifted….

This post is part of a series called Delightful Devon Natural Trust itself is a national treasure taking care of thousands of heritage sites. The annual membership is well worth…