Europe
Review of Hay Stables B&B, Hay-on-Wye
A relaxed and elegant base from which to enjoy hiking in the Wye Valley and mooching around Hay’s book stores, it’s a bit like having your own country cottage. […]
Great Britain
Great Britain
Time Travelling to Hay-on-Wye, the Town of Books
Everybody in Hay-on-Wye seemed to be artistic and doing interesting things, even the house we stayed in had a personality and a past, being a former abode of April Ashley. […]
England
Review of City Warehouse Apartment Hotel, Manchester
City Warehouse Apartment Hotel’s big attraction is that the apartments are gorgeous. They are so good that I felt I could quite easily live there… […]
Great Britain
Strathpeffer Railway Station and the Museum of Childhood Memories
It’s been a long, long time since roaring dragons huffed and puffed into Strathpeffer’s Victorian station, billowing excitedly… […]
England
The Day I learned to Fly A Tiger Moth
The Tiger Moth had a top speed of about 80mph (I’d driven faster on the way to the airfield) which to me seemed far too slow to keep something this size in the air. […]
England
Review of Radisson Blu Hotel London Stansted Airport
A few minutes covered walk from the airport, the Radisson Blu Hotel is perfectly positioned for a late night arrival or early departure. […]
England
Photo Blog, A One Night Stand in York
The great York Minster. Impossible to not be impressed by its imposing presence and grandeur. Gazing upon it is to put yourself at risk of a Gothic overdose. […]
Great Britain
Why Social Media & Social Travel Market Sessions Didn’t Rock My Room
This was just one of the reasons that the Social Media & Social Travel Market sessions just didn’t do it for me and why it represented the only disappointing aspect of… […]
England
The World Travel Market 2012 in Photos
The World Travel Market is a huge shrine to the best of the world’s destinations with wonders and surprises around every corner. […]
England
London Transport To World Travel Market Through the Eyes of a Visitor
“The next stop”, “mind the doors” and “change here for…” intones over the pa system in a bright, BBC accent while all around voices talk on phones and to each other in languages that bring the globe within a single carriage. […]
Atlas Mountains
Ten Outstanding Ways to Arrive at a Destination
On occasions, the mode of transport that we’ve used to get to a destination has added a tasty dollop of exotic spiciness and adventure to the whole experience. These have been some of our favourite ways to arrive at a destination. […]
Great Britain
Review of Mackay’s Hotel, Strathpeffer
Being part of a good value tour of the Scottish Highlands package, we didn’t expect much from Mackay’s Hotel and were really quite surprised when it exceeded expectations in a number of areas. […]
Great Britain
A Lover’s Welcome in Scotland
I just love this statue in Buchanan Street bus station in Glasgow – it speaks of innocence, of hope, of travel, of desperately missing those you love and that most romantic of movie visions… […]
Food & drink
An Alternative Taste of Pitlochry in the Scottish Highlands
Pitlochry is an immaculate little town that must have first time visitors to the Highlands of Scotland drooling like a heilan’ coo when they set eyes on its ridiculously pretty streets. […]
Food & drink
A Sunday Stroll Around Ullapool
One of the first things that strikes me about Ullapool, apart from its Local Hero location, is that every establishment seems to have won, or been short-listed for, some sort of an award… […]