Eastern explorers

Becoming an Arctic explorer was nothing like I imagined. I don’t know about you, but as a child I always assumed that anyone that ventured this far north would need to be wrapped in padded layers of f

We have just had a relaxing autumn break in Wiltshire and Somerset. Travelling from home in the Midlands on a Sunday we had a steady journey to Devizes Camping and Caravanning Club site. We had pre-bo

Now we’re in the depths of winter, it’s good to make plans and look forward to the return of sunny days in spring. We’re big fans of Eastbourne on the East Sussex coast, which is one of our favourite

In January, I make a calendar showing key dates – football fixtures, meetings of the WI, a wedding in the family – and see what gaps there may be for trips away. From that routine came a late spring b

It’s no small thing to be the island that not only inspired one of the best-selling novels of all time, but to be the place where it was written, too. Agatha Christie loved staying at Burgh Island Hot

‘Should go far’ was the footnote to an end-of-term school report supposedly handed to my parents in 1967. It’s doubtful, however, that staging marathon trips in someone else’s car was what the teacher