My travels...

My motives for this trip were varied. I was on the committee that vetted applications for the Ocean Cruising Club’s Challenge Grant when Project Manaia had applied for a grant to support their environ

This week’s dream: wonder and melancholy in eastern Turkey ...

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

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

(whatever your budget!)

MOST visitors to Split, the second-largest city in Croatia, are so dazzled by the splendour of its Roman ruins and the magnificent Diocletian’s Palace that they seldom venture much further afield. Jus