Written by Ellen Evers (A highly commended runner-up entry in the Travel and Water Writing Competition.) Island of the Living Dead. Not what you might call an endearing name for Spinalonga, that eerily beautiful island fortress steeped in history that lies just off the North West coast of Crete. Greek islands in September are the […]
Written by Julie Hall (A highly commended runner-up entry in the Travel and Water Writing Competition.) From the first moment of my arrival in Bergen, Norway, I had been struck by the sheer beauty of the landscape: the rugged mountains, the network of clean rivers, and the architecture of the Old Harbour area. Add to […]
Negril on Jamaica’s western coast has sun, sand and sea in abundance, with reggae music and the ‘be happy’ reggae culture always in the background. I booked a week’s stay in February at the ClubHotel Riu Negril through Thomson (now TUI Holidays). This was the prelude to a Mayan Treasures Cruise on the Thomson Dream cruise […]
Written by Lorna Flanagan (A highly commended runner-up entry in the Travel and Water Writing Competition.) China enchants. The moment we arrive in the country we find ourselves caught up in a land of fantasy, where places have romantic-sounding names like the ‘Fragrant Hills’ near Beijing. The Chinese love to invite us to picture the […]
Senior Travel Expert Photo Editor, John Esser, shows some photographs from a recent holiday in Mallorca with advice on how to get those extra special shots. My wife and I recently enjoyed a seven day winter break in Mallorca. It was our second visit to the island. On the first occasion the grandchildren were very young […]
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Swimming Lake Bled, Slovenia
Written by Diane Inglis (A highly commended runner-up entry in the Travel and Water Writing Competition.) As one of the growing number of older people taking to the lakes and rivers of Britain for a swim, I jumped at the chance to join an open water swimming holiday in Slovenia. After one of our regular […]