Hotel Claris, Barcelona
We seem to have been “resting” over the autumn and winter, with a lack of posts. Sorry. So, in a burst of catching up here’s a blast from the past. […]
We seem to have been “resting” over the autumn and winter, with a lack of posts. Sorry. So, in a burst of catching up here’s a blast from the past. […]
Back to reality from the West Indes we head for the Lake District. We’ve stayed in many places over the years but they’ve all tended to be on the more […]
Last stop on the Caribbean extravaganza is St Lucia, a bit further south and hopefully a bit warmer and drier. Unlike Dominica, there’s an international airport here so we can […]
Speaking of walks, as we were on the last post, we seem to do most of our walking in the winter [or the autumn…or the spring] but rarely in the […]
November in the North Yorks Moors. The heather has long gone and the bracken has died down to a deep golden brown, glowing in the low winter sun. The sky […]
If every holiday has to include drama and spectacle, then it should balance it out by tranquility, peace and restrained stylish luxury. Welcome to Villa Rosmarino. The Cinque Terre have […]
Verona. City of Romeo and Juliette, and the Opera Festival in July and August. Also home to statues of Dante and Garibaldi (of biscuit fame). Seriously, the crowds flock to […]
It took us over eleven hours to drive the 350 miles from Stuttgart to get here. OK, it was a Saturday in August but tales of super fast Autobahns were […]
It’s the 2016 Rio Olympics and Team GB is in second place as the games near their end. Yes, that’s right second place, behInd the US but just ahead of […]
We set off to support the Cumbrian economy, devastated by the winter floods which left the main Keswick to Windermere road closed [the A591], necessitating a long [though picturesque and […]