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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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In China, Anything is Possible
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 […]