“Let me make one thing clear up front: if you’re looking for a calming retreat in the city centre, look away now. No one, dear reader, comes to Berns to sleep.”
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Carry on Glamping: Dandelion Hideaway
It springs, I feel, from a youth spent being forced to go to Scout camp. About 15 of us would cram into a Second World...
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Shakespeare Country: Mallory Court
I occasionally wonder whether Shakespeare was the first writer to have enjoyed the services of a PR. At the time, that...
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Liming at the Barbados Crop Over
Unlike some Caribbean holiday destinations that don’t always live up to the paradisal connotations fed to us through...
Fright Night at Oxford Castle
“About five minutes into our attempted séance in the crypt at Oxford Castle, as the giggles calmed down and we fell silent, it occurred to me that I really did want to experience the paranormal.”
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“When arriving at a five star resort, it is best to avoid doing so in a tuk-tuk…” Alwynne Gwillt arrives at the final stop of her India tour in traditional style…
Read more ›A Whale of a Time at Schulphoek
“A small, quiet road and a smattering of rocks are all that separate you from the wild, southern Atlantic Ocean.” Paul Bignell hides away at the Schulphoek Seafront Guest House.
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