The Streets of London at Christmas
The festive season is upon us, and the Christmas decorations of London dazzle the streets as they do each year…..so if you’re venturing to the city centre for a spot of luxury shopping, don’t forget to look up!
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Food with a View at the Cliffhanger Café in Highcliffe-on-Sea, Dorset
The Cliffhanger Cafe in Dorset has the best dining location in the area and it’s one of my favourite lunch-time eateries. Here’s why I keep coming back…
A Warm Welcome at the Star Hotel & Restaurant in Twynholm, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
My host, Linda, greets me as I pull up alongside the pub-restaurant front and apologise for my tardiness. I’m well over an hour later than I first said I’d be, thanks to some traffic along the (mainly) single-carriageway A75. ‘Oh, it’s not a problem at all, I’m only just down the road’ she reassures me. And with that warm welcome, I began my stay with the Star Hotel and Restaurant in the sweet little Scottish...
Summertime Bees and Blooms – A Wildflower Meadow in Hampshire
This month has been a busy one beyond belief for me, for a hotchpotch of reasons, some good and others not so much. I’ve been industriously buzzing around sorting, organising, planning for everything from a likely house move, through a (not-looked-forward-to) operation, to a couple of weddings – one in the glorious setting of Amberly Castle, the other in Sweden. All of which hasn’t left me much time to put hands to keyboard and turn...
South Downs and Shooting Stars
It was almost midnight, one night midway through the 2nd week of August. Most sensible folk were heading for restful slumber, but me? Armed with flask and red-light torch, and sporting umpteen layers of clothing, I was about to join a car-full of people I didn’t know very well on a foray into the West Sussex countryside.
A New Trend in Fusion Festivals
This weekend sees me returning to the great outdoors for my first Solarsphere Festival experience. It’s part of a growing trend in astrotourism activities and events around the world and I’m excited to be visiting a part of Wales (Builth Wells) I don’t know and combining 3 of my favourite things; travel, astronomy and music.
Harmony of the Seas – A Seafaring Giant
For the last couple of days, Royal Caribbean’s new flagship Harmony of the Seas, has been waiting patiently outside City Terminal in Southampton, anticipating the green light for her maiden voyage. She’s the largest cruise ship in the world, and a template for the kind of floating city you might see in a sci-fi or fantasy movie. At almost 7,000 passenger capacity and housing over 2,000 crew members, she is the equivalent length of 4...
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