It’s around 3100BC. You are standing in the middle of a large clearing in a vast forest in South-West Anglia (or maybe it already was a wind

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There have been soooo many travel stories about Rome, my take will be to barely touch on the famous, kinda, and dwell on Rome’s...

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And now, for a complete change of ‘pace’, we decided to walk several sections of Scotland’s Fife Coastal Path, since Vicky is from...

What? The inspiration for the elvish city of Rivendell in JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit? If you have seen the movie or read the book (perhaps...

z So, did you know that Salzburg became wealthy because of one indispensable and highly prized item in the Middle Ages and well before...

Largest thermal spa lake in Europe The first reaction to Lake Héviz that I recall was from my grand-daughter, Maddie, who asked: “Grampa,...

Most people go to the Mayan Riviera for sun, sand and surf… for those who wish for unspoiled beaches, beautiful lagoons with great...

What an amazing, unique place - Palm Desert - makes you wonder who thought it would be a good idea to build a town here. Like Phoenix, it...

Stand in awe in front of the Sagrada Familia Basilica and stare, along with hundreds of other slack-jawed tourists up at Antoni Gaudi’s...

There has to be no other nation on earth, well, maybe, of comparable size, that has so many Public Walking Paths as Britain. The right to...

Travel! What is your idea of a satisfying trip? Some will go for cruises – see as many places as possible (for a few hours), then enjoy...

The clouds were thickening and starting to spit rain as we made our slow way back, from a solid four-hour hike to and from the trail head...