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[ad_1] The closer we get to the summit, the harder the wind blows. When it fills the sky with tiny ice pellets picked up from the upper slopes, we seek shelter beneath a bank of snow. We have a decision to make. Continue our ascent of Cairngorm mountain or switch our kit back to snowboards …
[ad_1] Arty walk Penzance, Cornwall It’s tipping towards sunset on a November afternoon and St Michael’s Mount shimmers on the horizon, reflected in the high tide that surrounds this Cornish island. As I set out along the coastal path from Penzance to Marazion, it’s a surreal view. The mount, with its collar of gold-flecked water, …
‘Gold mist lingers over frozen marshes’: eight great UK winter walks | Walking holidays Read More »
[ad_1] Spring in the shadow of Mont Blanc, France I am planning my dream holiday to the Alps for spring. Environmentally friendly transport is important to me and Chamonix can be reached by train from London (allowing for a quick sightseeing stop in Paris). I plan to spend my days hiking, climbing, trail running and …
[ad_1] Food My favourite Parisian food street is found on the eclectic, electric Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, offering both cheap and cheerful classic French dishes and a rainbow choice of ethnic cuisines: Turk, Kurd, Indian, Senegalese, Lebanese. For traditional cuisine, Bouillon Julien is unbeatable with sumptuous art nouveau decor and a genuinely inexpensive menu; eggs …
[ad_1] “The skinheads had come to Margate to fight,” wrote Paul Theroux in The Kingdom by the Sea. His journey around the English coast in 1982 began in Margate, but he didn’t stay long. “They gathered across the promenade from an amusement arcade called Dreamland.” Theroux’s Eliot-inspired account is grim; a sad window into Thatcher’s …
[ad_1] I thought it would be easier to get the seals to sing to me. My great granny Mhairi used to sing to them in Stromness – and they’d call back with plaintive moans that sounded so much like the gales that have long darkened winters on islands like this one. This evening, though, the …
Walking with Norsemen on Orkney’s St Magnus Way | Scotland holidays Read More »
[ad_1] Winter fun in Glencoe, the Highlands Nothing beats an impromptu road trip when it comes to an exciting journey to somewhere new at the darkest and dullest time of year. To the south of Glencoe village, Glencoe Mountain Resort (microlodges for two from £75 a night) provides accessible sledging and skiing, and lovely winter …
[ad_1] Jonathan Raban, who has died this week at the age of 80, was one of a generation of writers who helped to drag travel writing away from its hotel-reviewing, holiday-brochure corridor and into the halls of literature. Colin Thubron, Paul Theroux, Redmond O’Hanlon and Bruce Chatwin were among those (almost all men) who in …
Jonathan Raban: his travel writing could pierce your heart | Books Read More »
[ad_1] The sun is blindingly bright, the air balmy, the sea a clear turquoise-blue and 18C, with no suspicious murky stripes of pollution. Paddling out into the Atlantic from El Palmar, on south-west Spain’s Costa de la Luz, is a far cry from a January surf experience in the UK. El Palmar I’ve come to …
[ad_1] Gentle countryside, gentle yoga, Norfolk Yoga at the Mill runs a wonderful mindfulness for wellbeing break in the Norfolk countryside at Fishley Hall. Accessible by train to Acle, on the Norwich to Great Yarmouth line, the four-day retreat with Lucia and Vikki offers lots of gentle movement, mindfulness and the opportunity to relax. The …
