There’s something mysterious, perhaps even a little spooky about Ettington Park Hotel, near Stratford-upon-Avon. From the outside it’s a cross between a French chateau with …

Dusk was falling as we drove across the causeway onto Fatnas island in Siwa, surrounded by reeds and the shallow water of the salt lake. …

In Episode 18 in my travel podcast series, I talk to Sherry Ott about the Mongol Rally and her adventures driving from London to Mongolia …

When I heard about the oasis at Siwa in the Egyptian desert, I visualised of a small patch of palm trees waving in the breeze. …

We visited Hidcote Manor Gardens in aurtumn, just as August turned to September. On the weekend we visited, warm sunshine was tempered by a slight …

We awoke at Refuge Col de Balme to bright sunshine and blue skies, excited to start Day 5 of our hike on the Tour de …

The late summer and autumn is one of my favourite times of year to visit Zante. The August crowds have gone home and the island …

We started Day 4 on the Tour de Mont Blanc (and the first walk of this year) at the spot where we had come down …

The mist was swirling in as we reached Refuge Col de Balme, our first stop on the Tour de Mont Blanc trail. Clouds were blowing …

I recently had an unpleasant encounter with hotel cancellation fees that will make me think carefully in the future how I go about booking any …

School’s out for summer! Great for the kids, but if you’re a parent you’ll know how difficult it can be to keep them entertained and …