The pretty fishing village of Tarbert is a bit out of the way, on the Kintyre Peninsula, but I picked it as a good home base for taking...

As the clock winds down on our holiday, with multiple ‘bunny-hop’ stays for the duration I’m aiming at shorter, postcard style highlights...

Having picked up a car from Birmingham the remaining stops in our grand tour will be short and sweet, and the aim is to make the blog...

Beneath the Raglan Stand at Birmingham’s Edgbaston Stadium is a small cricket museum packed with balls that took historic wickets and...

We came to Birmingham for the cricket. It would be unfair to disparage a city on the basis of experiencing it from a fifth floor...

I love trains, especially when they run as scheduled. Outside of France this is a reasonably common occurrence. And of all train types I...

We arrived in London amid the continuing European heatwave. Typically 29-30 degrees by day, and low 20s overnight. Our Chelsea bed and...

Due to a national day of strike action on 06 June we dropped Montpellier for the night of the 5th and took the train to Toulouse that...

France as a rule is a laid-back country where they like their two-hour lubricated lunches and take violence to the streets against...

Three days in the ancient Provencal city of Nimes was next on our series of ‘mini-holidays’ within the wider trip. Travelling days can be...

We’ve seen a fair bit of France over what is now four visits, never going over old ground. With a country as vast and varied as France,...

I have occasionally been ribbed about my policy of being ridiculously early to the airport (no need to name names). This is not because I...