Your trip

The Pyrenees reserves its best treasures for walkers prepared to venture off the well-beaten trail, says Teresa Levonian Cole, on a solo holiday in Ribes de Freser

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

If your only experience of train travel is a daily commute to work, or trips to visit friends or family in the UK, then it might not be your first choice as a way to go on holiday. After all, with exc

The last word

It’s hard to imagine a better place to start a ride. At 1,326m Briançon is the highest city in France. And with 300 clear days a year on average, it’s also one of the sunniest. To describe the morning

No adventure experience? Not even got a bike licence? No bother. Just buy a cheap old bike and set off to ride from Brisbane to London…