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4th March, 2025
This year marks the 250th birthday of Jane Austen (1775-1817), the novelist probably best known for Pride and Prejudice. Today, she is closely associated with Bath, where she lived for five years in the early-19th century. Indeed, the Jane Austen Centre celebrates her as ‘Bath’s…
5th December, 2022
Winter sun in Provence is a new 5 night gentle walking tour especially designed for the winter months in Provence with its mild temperatures and blue skies lighting up the enchanting scene. Stays are in buzzy locations – St Remy, the heart of Van Gogh’s landscapes in the Alpilles…
27th April, 2020
Our thoughts are with everyone affected in different ways by the current sad and surreal situation in which we find ourselves, and our gratitude to the health professionals and other key workers who are keeping our society functioning is immeasurable. For many people isolated…
23rd January, 2020
“Our lives are overcrowded, over-excited, over-strained. We all want quiet. We all want beauty. We all need space. Unless we have it we cannot reach that sense of quiet in which whispers of better things come to us gently.” Octavia Hill Co-founder of the National Trust This year…
28th August, 2019
“There is no such thing as bad weather – just the wrong clothes…” Popularly attributed to Alfred Wainwright (famous for his walking guides) this quote had to be by a Brit and really sums up the attitude needed to enjoy everything the British weather can throw at you! In general,…