‘Heron ahead!” Up went the cry and we were transfixed as we glided towards this latter-day pterodactyl standing motionless on the canal bank. Then a
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Family holidays for us require three things: fantastic food, guaranteed sun and … Holidays here inspired the children to travel Europe when they grew up
During lockdown, visions of Greece, and particularly my old home in the southern Peloponnese, were by turns sustaining and tormenting me. It was the outside
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Winning tip: Vienna film festival The Rathausplatz in Vienna is a spectacular setting at any time, and under the balmy summer skies in July and
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The UK’s love of cycling has grown rapidly in recent years – Olympic glory seems to have helped with that! Though that doesn’t mean that
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Barely a year ago the graffiti on the walls of Barcelona read Tourists Go Home. Now that they have gone, the city – along with
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The National Cycle Network (NCN) will lose almost a quarter of its 16,000 miles of UK-wide cycling and walking routes from Monday, as part of
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Halfway across the sands, over a mile from dry land, I stop and look around. The vast vault of cloud above is reflected in the
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Desperate for crashing waves on a beautiful sandy shore – but keen to avoid a beach packed with boozy post-lockdown holidaymakers – I’ve opted for
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Soaring demand for camping and the need for accommodation providers to make up for loss of income have led to a new summer trend: the
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Germany, land of Dichter und Denker (poets and thinkers), has produced some of the world’s finest literature, though its literary scene didn’t really get going
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