26th November, 2025
Impressive Castles Thanks to a few hundred years in the Middle Ages marked by ambitious barons, despotic kings, and border wars between the English, the Scots, and the Welsh, Great Britain is full of castles. Many of these are now romantic ruins, but more than a few have been…
1st October, 2025
Following the coastline west from Dover, we pass the Channel Tunnel at Folkestone and the beautiful marshes at Dungeness until we meet Kent’s great friend and rival – Sussex. Perhaps not as well-known as Kent, but just as gorgeous, Sussex really is a hidden gem. The first stop…
3rd September, 2025
In cricket, games between Kent and Sussex are nicknamed ‘The War of the Wealds’. But much more unites these two fierce sporting rivals than divides them. Kent and Sussex share much: the chalky hills and valleys of the North and South Downs, the towering cliffs of the English…
30th July, 2025
When I am not writing travel blogs, I live in a university town in the north-west of England, with a population of 50,000 people on the doorstep of the Lake District national park. It has no fewer than 30 pubs. This pub to person ratio is typical of many settlements in the British…
12th July, 2025
A Paradise of Exceptional Richness ‘I pass from one valley to another in this sunny Périgord – land of memory-haunted ruins, captivating romance, and still more captivating truffles; but wherever I wander I have the rocks near me, flashing their entire nakedness under the blue…