Have you got your ‘big’ coat out yet? It feels like we’ve skipped a season. Anyway, in this week’s Travel News: you can go back to 1066, see famous landmarks in drops of water, there is a man suing French authorities over being told not to smile in his passport picture and the world’s deepest high-speed railway is going to be built under the Great Wall of China. Continue reading The Travel News- 7th October 2016
Land Rover Bursary
If you were given £30,000 and the use of a Land Rover to make a journey with a geographical purpose, where would you go and what would you do? Continue reading Land Rover Bursary
National Poetry Day
Today is National Poetry Day so to celebrate we have picked out our four favourite poetry anthologies: Continue reading National Poetry Day
Wish we were
…aboard the Flying Scotsman. Continue reading Wish we were
October Book of the Month – The Railways by Simon Bradley
Read the introduction to our Book of the Month for October, The Railways by Simon Bradley. Continue reading October Book of the Month – The Railways by Simon Bradley
World Ballet Day – A view from the Bridge of Aspiration
Today is World Ballet Day so we thought this was a good time to be neighbourly. Continue reading World Ballet Day – A view from the Bridge of Aspiration
Mappy Monday- Champagne, France
It’s National Champagne Week. Yes, you get a whole week to enjoy popping corks. Continue reading Mappy Monday- Champagne, France
The Travel News- 30th September 2016
A unicorn cafe, a dinosaur theme park, a California hotel with Twin Peaks and Dolly Parton themed rooms, dolls on planes, disappointing attractions and a scale map of China on someone’s terrace. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE. It’s the travel news: Continue reading The Travel News- 30th September 2016
Chris Stewart introduces Chasing Hornbills
Chris Stewart, author of the bestselling Driving Over Lemons, introduces Chasing Hornbills, a new book by Simon Fenton. Chasing Hornbills charts the further adventures of a Brit in Senegal as he continues to face the everyday frustrations and exhilarations that made his first book, Squirting Milk at Chameleons such a compelling and entertaining read.
Continue reading Chris Stewart introduces Chasing Hornbills
Wish we were
… in Budapest. Continue reading Wish we were