Tan Hill Inn, North Yorkshire
If you’re old enough to remember the Everest Double Glazing ad, featuring Ted Moult [who??…ed] then the Tan Hill In will be familiar to you. But, in all likelihood, probably […]
Tag Archives: walking
Old Dungeon Ghyll, Ambleside, Lake District
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 […]
Anse Chastanet, St Lucia
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 […]
Papillote Wilderness Retreat, Dominica
Botswana has a clear “low volume, high value” approach to its tourism; they want to prevent over exposure and devaluing the quality of the experience. Dominica, in the West Indies, […]
Kanana and Shinde Camps Botswana
Botswana’s tourism model is simple. High value, low volume. In other words, if we charge enough, we restrict the number of people who can visit. The more the prices go […]
Ardardan Estate, Argyll
As you head west from Glasgow along the A82 towards Loch Lomond you pass from Dumbartonshire into the highly sought-after “Argyll” postcode. Well, that’s a double-edged sword. Once you get […]
Aysgarth Falls Hotel, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire
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 […]
Malayan Spout Hotel, Goathland, North Yorkshire
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 […]
Coast, Saundersfoot, Wales
Yorkshire on expedition. We head off to deepest Wales, never before featured, and discover Pembrokeshire, an area of wonderful beaches and wild cliffs. In many ways, we whisper, not unlike […]
Erongo Wilderness Camp, Namibia
Travelling around Namibia brings you into contact with a wide range of people; those travelling around are mostly european – english, american, german and swiss. The lodges are run almost […]
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