A festive “grape harvest day” in Cheverny – Meanderings through France n° 197
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny For the ninth consecutive year winegrowers and winemakers of the Cheverny DOC organize a wine festival on Saturday 7...
Roll in the tanks!
Photos courtesy of Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography A family day out that is sure to go with a bang – Ann Evans has earplugs at the ready...
Steve’s Sojourns Birdwatching in Brittany
It is a constant wonder to me that Brittany as a bird watching destination especially for a weekend is so overlooked by British birders. Apart from anything else it’s...
Malta Diary The world plays the fiddle as the Mediterranean burns and Malta remains in the eye of the raging inferno
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: How magnificent and magnanimous of millionaire actor Richard Gere to condescend to pay a visit...
A Place to Stay. Dar Chennoufi, El Kef
El Kef, in Northwest Tunisia near the Algerian border, hosts an annual Jazz Festival which I visited this year. El Kef is a non-touristy city but it’s full of...
A Place to Stay. Steve’s Sojourns, Tinto House Hotel
I’ve just spent a night as a guest of the 3* Tinto House Hotel located in the heart of Southern Lanarkshire near the small town of Biggar. The Borders...
Camber Sands Holiday Park; Non-stop Entertainment for All Ages!
For years my friends have raved about Holiday Parks. They bought a luxury caravan that Jenny calls her Home from Home. Then they invested in a Pre-loved Caravan for...
A Stranger in Vegas Street Performers at the Fremont Street
The Fremont Street is like a Novel. It has different chapters, each chapter has different acts, each act has a story, and within every story there is a sub-story....
A Mini Celebration
Photos courtesy of Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography It was back to the 1960s for the 60th birthday of the iconic Mini. Ann Evans reports. ...
Karl’s Chronicles Article 2 Ghana; Kwame Nkrumah – Changing Course
Arrive in Ghana and it doesn’t take long before you start to acquaint yourself with two impressionable forces. The heat that pulls you down and the courage and vision...
Steve’s Sojourns. Sniffed by the Inuits.
Fancy being sniffed by the Inuits? Well if not and you land on the small community of Oqaatusat in western Greenland be ready! I heard the sound of the...
Rachel’s Wanderings in Spain – 8 – Estate Agents, Spanish Sunsets and Second Hand Cars
It’s been an odd month so far and we’re just over halfway through. The early part of the month saw me visiting family in the UK on a short...
Harry’s Ramblings Eastbourne Seafront
This is an hour long stroll along Eastbourne’s seafront from the pier to the bottom of Beachy Head, called Holywell. It is all on the flat, is about 4...
Dramatic landscapes and stunning sunsets on Dartmoor
Dartmoor, in the English County of Devon covers some 360 square miles and is an area of truly dramatic landscapes. It is the largest area of open country in...
Mumbai Memoir 110- Nostalgic Moments beat the city blues!
When it rains in Mumbai, the city literally gets paralysed and most of the Mumbai’kars prefer staying back at home to avoid the havoc of the rain-soaked streets. When...
Fort La Latte, Brittany’s most visited castle – Meanderings through France n° 196
By Annick Dournes & Frederic de Poligny Fort La Latte is an ancient medieval fortress built on top of a pink sandstone cliff overlooking the Channel, a...
A Place to Stay. Hotel Bon Sol & Spa, Majorca
I spent two nights at the Hotel Bon Sol Resort and Spa, five miles from Palma, Majorca. Mallorca (or Majorca – both spellings are acceptable) is still a virtually unspoilt...
A Place to Stay. Steve’s Soujourns The Battlestead Hotel
The Northumberland countryside between Hexham and Bellingham has some of the most beautiful scenery in the north of England and a short drive away from the majestic Kielder Water...
Malta Diary “If not now – when?” “If not us – who?” Growing climate and oceans crisis causing Malta much concern
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The latest updates from UN agencies on climate change are far from good. Imminently, the...
Camber Sands Holiday Park, where you can Own your Dream!
Have you ever dreamed of owning your own Holiday Home, but thought it was out of your reach? Well think again! I’ve just spent a couple of wonderful days...
Welsh Witterings: Great Taste Awards and Puddings
This weeks Witterings are written from the comfort of my sitting room and quite frankly I wish I could sit here all day, but alas I must tackle some...
Taxi Noir: The Knowledge
Last time I promised to say more about the training that prospective London taxi drivers have to go through: the Knowledge of London. Right, fasten yourself in, it’s going...
Karl’s Chronicles Article 1 Out For Eleven
Roll back the clock to the mid 80s. Halfway through secondary school with no real interest in the outside world, aside from what flickered in from the imagination of...
Steve’s Sojourns – Sunbathing at midnight
As we slipped gently out of Bergen harbour on the evening tide the sun began to wash the city with a soft orange almost golden cast. There a few...
Ranjit Recommends: MiniMix
As Oscar Wilde famously said “there is only one thing worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about”. Well, possibly the world’s largest mini bar...
Harry’s Ramblings. Eastbourne Sovereign Harbour
Eastbourne has a reputation for having a population of white-haired seniors, wheelchairs, walkers, miseries sitting on seafront wooden benches waving their sticks as pointers. Yes, they do exist, but...
What is it like to see the Tour de France live?
Just a few sports events have a greater reputation than the famous Tour de France. Great sports performances, long history and tradition, routes through beautiful nature and historic centers,...
He couldn’t stop laughing. ARCHAEOLOGY NEWSFLASH 540a
When he heard I was planning to plunge into the forbidden forests of the Amazon, my friend Andrew rocked with laughter. “I’ll give you three precious tips,” he smirked. ...
Steve’s Sojourns A day in Salamanca,
Breakfast Why not join the people of Salamanca on their way to the office having an Espresso and an amarguillo, scrumptious almond biscuits that are a legacy of the...
All the charms of Italy in Pavia – World Meanderings (n°70)
By Annick Dournes & Frederic de Poligny The name “Pavia” refers to both a town and its surrounding area. Located in Lombardy in northern Italy Pavia...
A Place to Stay. The Bonham, Edinburgh
If you’re looking for a hotel in Edinburgh do have a look at The Bonham in Drumsheugh Gardens. Lying in the City’s vibrant west end it has been recently...
Malta Diary ELONGATED SKULLS FROM OUTER SPACE – ANOTHER MYTH ABOUT TO BE DISPELLED?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Myths or mysteries – Malta overflows with them ranging from theories that Malta was the...
A Place to Stay. Hotel Dar Ben Gacem, Tunis
We went to the Medina of Tunis for lunch. Wikipedia says; The Medina of Tunis is the Medina quarter of Tunis, capital of Tunisia. It has been a UNESCO...
A Stranger in Vegas. The Golden Nugget Hotel Casino
In 1946, project Diana bounces radar waves off the Moon proving that communication between Earth and outer space is possible. In 1946, the current US President Donald Trump was...
Ranjit Reminisces: Prague Pissup
The title of this article isn’t as stereotypical as it sounds. Whilst Prague has a plethora of pub crawls that stag and hen parties immerse themselves in, there are...
Steve’s Sojourns “ Sampling the Fjords and wonderful railways.”
Life itself is an adventure and the cruise companies have realised that there is a growing segment between the purist adventure cruisers and those people who are content to...
Harry’s Ramblings – Eastbourne’s alleged mass murderer
Much you are about to read is based on fact. One of Eastbourne’s general practitioner was tried at the Old Bailey in 1957, accused of murdering one of his...
Rachel’s Wanderings in Spain – 7 – Summer Nights, Capers and Caperberries
So August is here. The earth is hard baked and any ground foliage golden brown but there is one wild plant that is resplendant at the moment and...
Mumbai Memoir 109- In search of freshness, greenery & Duke’s Nose!
The arrival of monsoon in Mumbai is a huge relief from the heat & humidity that is experienced during the summers. Every Mumbai’kar wishes to embrace Mother Nature when...
Some amazing pyramid facts. Some amazing pyramid facts
Do you know why air plane pilots are warned not to fly over Egypt’s Great Pyramid? That’s right, the Civil Airline Department has banned all planes from flying over...