Magma in the snow

was on Sicily to cover the launch of the new Ghost Poacha freeride bike (see last issue), and the German brand had a rather special day-trip planned. While tourist access to the volcano is widespread

“There are too many women traveling luxuriously in ‘Darkest Africa’. Eskimos of Disco, Greenland, are publishing a newspaper,” Charles Fort wrote in New Lands. So I checked whether there were still ne

A I have to admit that before visiting Sicily, my knowledge of the Mediterranean’s largest island was sparse. Of course, I knew about Mount Etna and had grown up with all the cultural cliches about Si

hey say that Wales is home to more sheep than people, the UK has more potholes than miles of road, and at any given time a third of all French workers are on strike. But should you believe them? In my

A Matterhorn, a pyramid, a dragon’s back: the peaks of Eryri strike some incredible poses.

This week’s dream: a journey into the deep ...