Natural Trust itself is a national treasure taking care of thousands of heritage sites. The annual membership is well worth it as my partner and I always find a National…
Natural Trust itself is a national treasure taking care of thousands of heritage sites. The annual membership is well worth it as my partner and I always find a National…
When an unexpected opportunity arose for my partner and I to stay in a friend’s holiday home at Sidmouth, I didn’t have to think twice! I knew very little about…
2020 is not a good year for a global traveller like me. With the Coronavirus lockdown came the cancellation of my trips abroad in April, May, June and July, as…
North Devon bound 2020 is a strange year that blights the lives of millions. Owing to the restrictions of air travel, more people than usual flocked to Devon and Cornwall…
Apart from those commentators talking through their hats with the benefit of hindsight, who would have predicted the pandemic of 2020 that was to have such profound and devastating effects…
A lot of people I know have been to Cyprus and raved about their sunbathing holidays. That’s probably why Cyprus was not high on my to-visit list because for me…
While in Paphos my friend and I took a day trip to Troodos Mountains. According to the advert the trip would have a maximum of 10 travellers, so we were…
The Robert Louis Stevenson quotation “to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive” is indeed true of my day trip from Paphos to Limassol. It is not a detraction from the…
While visiting Cologne recently I was curious to see Bonn which is less than 30 km away. After all, Bonn was the capital of former West Germany! One day was…
I don’t normally travel abroad in February unless it’s to somewhere hot and sunny. I mean, steely grey skies with menacing dark clouds aren’t exactly made for scenic photos. Besides,…