I freely admit that I’m not a cruise fan. I’m a senior traveller who enjoys planning my own holiday itineraries. I don’t like being organised and I don’t like holidaying with large groups. So a cruise didn’t strike me as a dream holiday, more like a nightmare! However, when browsing through the Thomson (now TUI) […]
Written by Marion Brennan (One of two winning entries in the Travel & Water Writing Competition.) We recently visited Chile and embarked on an amazing journey. Our plan was to move on to Argentina. But Chile is a long narrow country and once explored from North to South, the idea of doing it in reverse […]
After reading The Road to Little Dribbling, I realise that Bill Bryson is not just a renowned senior traveller (he is 65 this year), but also a ‘grumpy old man’, albeit a very amusing, grumpy old man. The book is sub-titled More Notes from a Small Island, and that explains it well. Twenty years after […]
Written by Julia Thorley (One of two winning entries in the Travel & Water Writing Competition.) Begin at Bamburgh Castle, holding firm its position on the Northumbria coastline for centuries. It is built on an outcrop of volcanic dolerite, a grim rock with toughness reflected in black and grey intrusions. The rock is part of the Great Whin […]
The name Budapest conjures up images of the mighty Danube flowing past fine buildings. Older readers will possibly also think of the desperate fighting in the city during the 1956 uprising. For some the name of the composer Liszt may come to mind and possibly fine wines supped whilst enjoying goulash. Budapest is mixture of all these and much, […]
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Celebrations, Solitude and the Sea
Written by Celia Timms (A highly commended runner-up entry in the Travel and Water Writing Competition.) There was no option but to add 32nd December to our calendar. Consequently, we decided that the oldest crew member would ring out the Old Year on the 31st and the youngest would ring in the New Year the […]