The northern line

Having spent many holidays exploring the delights of France, we decided to broaden our horizons this year and visit Germany. With more than three weeks to play with, we planned to tour the Black Fores

When friends who recently moved to west Devon invited us to see their new home, we decided to combine the visit with a brief autumn tour of the area, so we could explore the beautiful landscapes of Da

Previous pages, top right: ‘The whole of Alto de El Morredero on Stage 17 was a barren, blackened landscape as far as the eye could see. Spain had had some of its worst ever wildfires there about a mo

At this point in the year we had hoped to be somewhere in southern Spain or Portugal, perhaps enjoying a cheeky midweek menu del día or tucking into our third pastel de nata of the morning. Instead, d

After years of weighing up the pros and cons of owning a campervan, my wife and I finally bit the bullet last August and purchased a 10-plate T5 from a neighbour. Not knowing much about the practicali

In the mid-1980s, despite regularly making nuisances of ourselves at our local bike shop, my girlfriend Josie and I were determined to resist all attempts to turn us into racing cyclists. While happy