“When God created the human race, he made men, women and Herveys” is an 18th century quote which might or might not have been uttered by Voltaire. Whether that’s true or not, the statement...
Luxury Family Holiday at The Ickworth Hotel, Suffollk
Passing through the large gates and along the drive through the vast estate, there was a palpable sense of excitement in the car. We drew up to the imposing honey-coloured building, which we...
Books We Read This Summer
There’s nothing better than settling down to a good book on holiday, lying on a sun-bed, shaded from the sun and nodding off every so often. Dougie is very good at the nodding off...
The Dwarf Park…and other places we didn’t get the chance to see in Carinthia, Austria
The Dwarf Park had been on my list of must-see attractions weeks before we went to Austria. I had been surprised to see it listed in the guidebook until I realised it was a...
Ragga Raggaschlucht
Our ancestors certainly knew a thing or two about adventure and finding ways to make the natural wonders of our world accessible to ordinary people. When we visited Scotland at Easter we climbed up...
Grand Design
There are many times when I wish I could share things with my dad. He passed away over 2 years ago so I wasn’t able to tell him about our trip to Copenhagen, following...
Climb Ev’ry Mountain
There are a few ways to obtain some respite from intense heat. You can dip yourself into water, go underground or move higher up. We did the first on many occasions, considered the second...
A Taste of Tibet in Austria
It was my turn to choose where to visit on one of our ‘trip out’ days in Austria. After the Three Ms on previous days I was curious to see the Heinrich Harrer museum in...