Tag Archives: holidays
Spain’s very own sakura: cherry blossom season in the Jerte valley | Spain holidays
It’s late March and the villagers of the Jerte valley in Extremadura, Spain’s wild west, are twitchy – as...
Stunning views, honesty shops and community pubs: people power on the Llŷn peninsula in Wales | Wales holidays
Cliff is sitting in his farm truck scanning the hillsides with powerful binoculars. “It’s the rams,” he s...
My search for the perfect brown bar in Amsterdam | Amsterdam holidays
Is there anything better than a good old British pub? Well, a Dutch person may prefer a bruine kroeg (bro...
Want to go skiing in Switzerland without breaking the bank? Here’s where to go … | Switzerland holidays
I’m standing at 3,330 metres on a tall metal platform with a heavy harness strapped to my back, gazing in...
‘That thrush just did something incredible’: tuning in to bird calls on a North York Moors walk | Yorkshire holidays
At the outset, Richard Baines says: “You don’t need binoculars.” This is not what I expect to hear on a w...
