So having taken the wise decision not to stay with my son in his student house, I went for the opposite end of the scale and treated ourselves to a night at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in the centre of Manchester. […]
I met a very talented young photographer and filmmaker called Ruaridh Mcintosh-Turner whilst we were holidaying on the island of Halki. He’s been coming to the island for nearly quarter of a century with his mother and has clearly enjoyed […]
Having been reassured that my mother had made a full recovery from her illness and wasn’t due to go back into hospital for a further procedure until the middle of September, we managed another brief escape! (Yes, I know her […]
The Aretanassa Hotel, known as “The Queen Of Halki” is one of the best places to stay on Halki island or indeed in the whole of Greece. Housed in an historic building that was formally used for the storage and […]
Our Halki holiday was all the more special because of the stress of getting there. Despite all the red tape and millions of forms to fill in and the cost of all the tests (although not too many as it’s […]
How many of us are brave enough to be travelling overseas this summer with all the uncertainties involved? Not only all the horror stories of those having to isolate in horrible locations for weeks on end with awful food or […]
One of the regular conversations I’m having with my friends of late is about relocating once the children have left home. I suspect this discussion is typical of our 50 + age group, but it has been brought forward by […]
My daughter and I have just come back from a last minute, 48 hours in VENICE. We literally booked it the day before. I made the decision based on the fact that I might well be climbing into a cardboard […]
I’M FREE!!! WOOHOO HAPPY DAYS. My two weeks quarantine is over. Skipped out of my house and did a little “Dancing In The Street” rendition I’ve been practicing in my kitchen for the last two weeks (nothing else to do). […]
Like many industries, the travel industry is hurting right now as tourism has simply stopped. We have gone from looking at the issues of over-tourism to no tourists whatsoever in just a few months, as countries have closed their borders […]
A month in the Dordogne was just the tonic I needed to step away from my life for a minute and reboot. To be honest, it was more fill my boots than reboot - with rosè, coffee, figs, cheese, croissants, chocolatines, baguettes, tomatoes, tapenade and the rest.
We did a little road trip down to the South Of France from the Dordogne, stopping of in Carcassonne to spend the night. The Cité de Carcassonne in France is an outstanding example of a medieval fortified town and well worth a visit. Despite perhaps relying a little too heavily on tourism these days - the old area is very busy and commercial, if you have any children with a penchant for waving a wooden sword about and donning a tabard, then this is the place for you.
