Having just returned from Vienna and their dozens of Christmas Markets. I wanted to pass on some tips for the 2025 season. Without doubt Vienna has to be a top player when it comes to the Christmas Market. Not only…
Saudi Arabia is launching into the cruise market and are exploiting the potential windfall of the Red Sea. With Cruise Saudi now joining the drive for yet more tourism into the Kingdom. In recent years Saudi has made a number…
Railway 200, a British celebration of 200 years since the railways became a viable and transport success. Certainly a year where Heritage Railways all over the UK should be able to ramp up ticket sales. Hoping to tap into this…
Called the most southerly heritage railway in the UK, it is also the most westerly in England too! The Helston Railway is a potential sleeping giant. Although at first I thought that Wales could hold the westerly title. However, drawing…
5,000 multi coloured dahlias are now on display around what could be described as the oldest rockery in England! The flowers that were once the height of chic in the mid-Victorian times. Now make up a recreation of an event…
A place of silent contemplation mixed with a ever-changing vistas. Topped off with soaring Golden Eagles. Plus numerous other rare native mammals and is my go to UK holiday destination. Some 500 miles north of London is a 23,000 acre…
A famous haven for Red Squirrels the National Trust's Brownsea Island reopens this weekend. Springtime on Brownsea is a great time to look out for a number of key species including red squirrels, which can often be seen foraging for…
Vienna has just announced its latest new museum as the 'Wien Museum' opens. Dedicated to the city, its people and its history. Plus it is ‘free’! Following the British model of not charging was a political decision by its left…
After many years of researching the Cerne Giant has been finally dated according to the University of Oxford. Two academics from the University concluded that the Cerne Abbas Giant was originally carved as an image of Hercules! With the purpose…
A unique exhibition of work and an insight into the world of Dame Elisbeth Frink is currently on show in Dorset. The county where she created her last works has put on an informative exhibition about this leading light in…
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