Walking is thirsty work – so Britons should head to North Yorkshire for a saunter. That’s because it is the UK pub walk capital, named as such by AA Media, which revealed that it has 29 AA-rated inns and pubs located within five miles of the walking routes listed for the county on RatedTrips.com. In … Read more
Walking is thirsty work – so Britons should head to North Yorkshire for a saunter. That’s because it is the UK pub walk capital, named as such by AA Media, which revealed that it has 29 AA-rated inns and pubs located within five miles of the walking routes listed for the county on RatedTrips.com. In … Read more
We’ve all got a lot of catching up to do this summer, and each of these idyllic glamping sites can be hired out partially or even exclusively for reunions and celebrations with family and friends. As well as lashings of fresh air, you’ll find plenty of fun activities on offer and enough luxury thrown in … Read more
Linus Morton had a knife in his belt by the time he was seven or eight. Today, he wields it deftly as he cuts selected mushrooms, brushes away the soil, and gently places them respectfully in his wicker basket. My husband Ron and I are in Northumberland’s Kielder Water and Forest Park to join Linus, a … Read more
Great British boltholes: The cosy and comfortable Grade II listed inn that’s ideal for swanning around Somerset The Swan is a Grade II listed 17th Century inn located in Rowberrow, Somerset The modern rooms are spread across the pub and an adjoining former stable It serves pub classics such as lamb scrumpets and a reinvented … Read more
Faded fishing boats bob in the water at Marina Grande, while behind them ice-cream-coloured houses in shades of pistachio, peach, raspberry and lemon are precariously perched, higgledy-piggledy, around the bay. As you arrive, this is the first glimpse you will have of Procida, a picture-postcard-perfect Italian island that’s recently been chosen as Italy’s next Capital … Read more
RAF pilots trained there for the legendary Dambuster mission. Now… it’s a dam fine spectacle. Exploring a stretch of the Peak District that played a celebrated part in Britain’s war effort The Peak District is home to three dams, known as the Derwent Dams, which span the River Derwent They were used by the Dambusters RAF … Read more
The magic words I long to hear: ‘Now boarding at gate 32B.’ Why JEREMY CLARKE is dreaming of flying easyJet to France’s glamorous Cote d’Azur The Daily Mail’s Jeremy Clarke recalls flying from Bristol Airpot to Nice in the South of France with easyJet He remembers the spectacular descent into the Cote d’Azur and spotting … Read more
Yesterday’s announcement by the UK Government of the countries on its long-awaited ‘green list’ has finally made a quarantine-free summer holiday possible. From Israel to Iceland, Portugal to Gibraltar — the holiday ‘traffic lights’ have turned green, opening up a host of tantalising destinations that seemed out of the question during the depths of the … Read more
We’d been driving all day from the Midlands to South Wales. As we approached the village of Laugharne, my mother announced that the landlady at the farm where we were staying was a Mrs Rees. For some reason, I pictured this Mrs Rees as a cross, thin-faced woman in an apron with a rolling pin … Read more