Finding new hotels, villas and apartments that tick all of our boxes is not always easy, but here are a few places that have been added recently.....READ MORE
Cornwall is the ideal holiday spot for almost everyone. There are long, sandy, family-friendly beaches, wild moors, the raw industrial grandeur of engine houses, fabulous walking routes on the South-West Coast path, and quaint fishing harbours.....READ MORE
It's one of the ironies of buying any insurance, that you have no idea of the quality of the product when you buy. Therefore it's very easy to be drawn into buying on price alone. Well, this past Christmas gave us the opportunity to subject the travel insurance product that we recommend to a real-life test.....READ MORE
The seven islands of the Canaries are the tips of under-sea mountains projecting up four miles from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Each island has it's own unique character, so let's step forward and take a look.....READ MORE
There are over 6000 islands that make up the British Isles (depending on where you draw the line between an island and a rock), yet Great Britain and Ireland form such an overwhelmingly large proportion of the area that it's easy to forget the others.....READ MORE
The chain of islands variously known as the West Indies, the Windward Islands or the Lesser Antilles are possibly a little slice of heaven here on Earth. Warm all year round yet cooled by the Atlantic breezes, they are a fabulous and exotic destination. The abundance of verdant vegetation inland and soft white sand along the shores is captivating.....READ MORE
Well-travelled people of "a certain age" may remember arriving by plane at the old Hong Kong airport, but there is still a way to experience a similar landing, on Union Island in the Grenadines.....READ MORE
No matter where you are in Britain, there is always a multiplicity of beautiful things to see and exciting things to do, and all within easy reach. As we roll into autumn the colours of the trees all around us are a particular attraction. ....READ MORE
Once a powerful city-state grown wealthy on its trade with east and west, Venice is an utterly unique city of outstanding architecture, great art, exciting cuisine, amazing views and the worst case of rising-damp anywhere (!). Here is our way to live the dolce vita in Venice.....READ MORE
We recently spent a long weekend in Pembrokeshire - confirmation, if ever we needed it, of what an interesting, spectacular and beautiful county it is. We chose to stay at Penally Abbey near Tenby, with a lovely view out over the sea and Caldey Island.....READ MORE
Finding new hotels, villas and apartments that tick all of our boxes is not always easy, but here are a few places that have been added recently.....READ MORE
Cornwall is the ideal holiday spot for almost everyone. There are long, sandy, family-friendly beaches, wild moors, the raw industrial grandeur of engine houses, fabulous walking routes on the South-West Coast path, and quaint fishing harbours.....READ MORE
It's one of the ironies of buying any insurance, that you have no idea of the quality of the product when you buy. Therefore it's very easy to be drawn into buying on price alone. Well, this past Christmas gave us the opportunity to subject the travel insurance product that we recommend to a real-life test.....READ MORE
The seven islands of the Canaries are the tips of under-sea mountains projecting up four miles from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Each island has it's own unique character, so let's step forward and take a look.....READ MORE
There are over 6000 islands that make up the British Isles (depending on where you draw the line between an island and a rock), yet Great Britain and Ireland form such an overwhelmingly large proportion of the area that it's easy to forget the others.....READ MORE
The chain of islands variously known as the West Indies, the Windward Islands or the Lesser Antilles are possibly a little slice of heaven here on Earth. Warm all year round yet cooled by the Atlantic breezes, they are a fabulous and exotic destination. The abundance of verdant vegetation inland and soft white sand along the shores is captivating.....READ MORE
Well-travelled people of "a certain age" may remember arriving by plane at the old Hong Kong airport, but there is still a way to experience a similar landing, on Union Island in the Grenadines.....READ MORE
No matter where you are in Britain, there is always a multiplicity of beautiful things to see and exciting things to do, and all within easy reach. As we roll into autumn the colours of the trees all around us are a particular attraction. ....READ MORE
Once a powerful city-state grown wealthy on its trade with east and west, Venice is an utterly unique city of outstanding architecture, great art, exciting cuisine, amazing views and the worst case of rising-damp anywhere (!). Here is our way to live the dolce vita in Venice.....READ MORE
We recently spent a long weekend in Pembrokeshire - confirmation, if ever we needed it, of what an interesting, spectacular and beautiful county it is. We chose to stay at Penally Abbey near Tenby, with a lovely view out over the sea and Caldey Island.....READ MORE