WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 143 | ALL THE BOOKS

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This weekly blog episode comes to you from Funchal, Madeira. I am sat with my feet up on my hotel balcony, with my laptop on my knee, and it is wonderful. My view is of the steep sided hills of … Continued

THE WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 05 | A WEEK IN TENERIFE

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I am very fortunate to be writing this week’s weekly blog on my last morning in Tenerife. It’s Saturday morning and we fly home later this afternoon, and I don’t mind saying that I’d be happy to stay here at … Continued

HIKING GRAN CANARIA | ROQUE NUBLO

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Earlier this month we spent a week on holiday in Gran Canaria. One of Spain’s Canary Islands located off north-western Africa, Gran Canaria is hugely popular with British and German tourists thanks to its all-year-round warm weather and sprawling beach … Continued

WALK TO A NEW YOU THIS NEW YEAR

Another New Year looms and the pressure to make that annual resolution hangs like a pall on the horizon. You may wake up on New Year’s Day with a tired and heavy head and the best of intentions but according … Continued

GLAMPING WITH HIDDEN VALLEY YURTS

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My holidays come in varying types. Sometimes I will camp. This will involve a tent, a camp stove (or maybe just a pub), a communal ablutions block, and being outdoors for pretty much 24 hours a day. Sometimes I will … Continued