Yodel-ay-ee-oooo Your Way Around Austria
If the hills are alive with the sound of music then the mountains positively reverberated with our yodels. It was not the most tuneful of choruses, we must admit. But…
Gill Martin
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Hedonistic Hiking In Tuscany
In the Tuscan courtyard a table decked in chintzy tablecloth is stacked high with a lunch fit for hungry hikers: asparagus salad dusted with parmesan shavings, blood oranges with pumpkin…
Following In Prince William’s Footsteps In Kenya
Thanks to her 50-plus national parks and reserves, sweeping plains, abundant wildlife – including the spectacular annual migration of wildebeest in the Maasai Mara – Kenya holds the title of…
At One With Nature In The Caymans
Sinbad shook his red mane, snorted the way horses do and hot-hoofed it into the warm waters of the Caribbean – with me aboard his bare back. Deeper and deeper over…
Powder Perfect Klosters
For a more traditional ski resort I adore Klosters. This charming little town is undeniably posh, but equally friendly and discreet. Just look who goes there. Prince Charles and sons…
Serbia – A Journey Of Discovery
The young blond hiker was neatly packing up his camping gear on the steep slopes of the Djadap Gorge overlooking the sparkling Danube when we arrived to drink in the…
Living The Life of Luxury in Veneto
Italians regard their villas with a passion they reserve for risotto, ice cream, espresso… and love. These beautiful old buildings dot the hillsides, imposing and stately, unchanging landmarks in an…
Les Deux Alpes: Classical French Skiing
For someone who thought she had two left feet it was a relief to hear I was kinaesthetically aware. Especially as I was at the top of the mountain and…
Ski Boot Camp – Canadian Style
There are a few ways to survive a wimmin’s ski boot camp in the Canadian Rockies. One is to lie back in the Dead Bug yoga pose and think of…
Paradise Found In St Lucia
‘Mud, mud, volcanic mud. Nothing quite like it for boiling the blood’ Or, to more faithfully quote the Flanders and Swann Hippopotamus Song, ‘So follow me follow, down to the hollow. And there…
