All quiet on the western front

WITH SUMMER ALMOST over, we at last managed an all-too-short driving holiday, discovering the Val de Loire region of France over seven days in our 2005 Maserati Cambiocorsa. That the Loire is one of t

The last word

Jeremy Ellwood mixes waterways with fairways on a maiden river cruise with his wife to the wine-making region of Bordeaux in the south-west corner of France

Many campervanners enjoy travelling down through western France, perhaps heading for the Loire Valley or the beaches of the Vendée. They may not know that about an hour’s drive from each (and roughly

Paris to Tokyo. Budget-ish airlines will fly you for as little as 300 quid. Although for that price you get a free 20 hour stopover and an imprint of your seat neighbour’s elbow in your ear lobe. Or,

This week’s dream: a little corner of Blighty ...