• Englishness - Manners and Monarchy!

    20th March, 2025

    Englishness - Manners and Monarchy! Here at the Carter Company, we specialise in luxury cycling and walking holidays around the UK. Although we do plenty of tours to the stunning Scottish Highlands or through wonderful Wales, this week is English Tourism Week, and to mark it… 

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  • Moving Towards a 'New Normal'!

    15th May, 2020

    As the UK begins tentative steps to relax the lockdown we are starting to think about how we will move forward in a responsible way that protects our clients, our partners, our environment and our business and still allows us to organise exciting and authentic holidays which… 

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  • Top Tips for Cycling Beginners

    2nd March, 2020

    With cycling becoming ever more popular you may like the idea of a cycling holiday - but have a few questions and concerns! So we asked our Founder and Chief Route Designer - Wendy Carter - for her top tips to get the most enjoyment from your trip. LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD For… 

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  • The National Trust - for everyone, for ever

    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… 

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  • Stars Twinkle over The Lake District

    21st November, 2019

    There are 8 special stars shining over the Lake District – Michelin Stars that is – making this beautiful area of England not only a paradise for lovers of the great outdoors but also for those who love the bounty it produces. The Lake District’s reputation as one of the most… 

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