After our successful holiday with Inntravel earlier this year, when we let the train take the strain through Portugal, we decided we ought to try the type of holiday for which Inntravel is probably better
The Great Polish Map of Scotland
At the end of our Scottish road trip this summer, we were searching for somewhere unusual to go for a meet-up with Dougie’s cousin and uncle. After a bit of internet searching, I chanced upon
A walk in the Lincolnshire Limewoods: lovely, though not quite Austria.
If you’ve been reading my blogs lately, you’ll realise I’m starting to enjoy walking. It no longer feels like a trial, to be endured until a coffee shop is reached. Maybe it’s an age thing.
What’s it like inside a nuclear bunker?
Those of us of a certain age will remember only too well the pervading threat of nuclear war during the 1960s and 70s and its gradual demise during the 1980s. The collapse of the Berlin
Damian Wawrzyniak brings House of Feasts to Peterborough
Welcome to the House of Feasts – a restaurant in the village of Eye Green on the outskirts of Peterborough. Chef Consultant Damian Wawrzyniak has transformed the village pub into a beautifully stylish establishment with
Graduation road trip: Blackaddie Country House Hotel
When I think of our previous visit to Dumfries and Galloway last summer, what sticks in my memory is the food. Dougie and I were fortunate to enjoy excellent cuisine at all four of our
Graduation road trip: Alloway, Robert Burns’ birthplace
It was hard to say goodbye to Shingle Lodge in Knockinaam. It had been our idyllic hideaway on the western coast of Scotland but we were looking forward to moving on, spending a night at
Graduation road trip: walk from Knockinaam to Portpatrick
“It’s a moderate walk and should take us an hour and a half,” Dougie announced to me, as I was happily scoffing toast and lounging about in our gorgeous holiday home, Shingle Lodge. I