by David Hibbins | Jan 27, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Sometimes, only a hangover will do. I wanted to wake up with a sore head and a furry tongue. Like so many of us living under leaden skies for so long, I felt sun-starved and fun-hungry.And so, on a drizzly winter morning, I boarded a BA flight to Tenerife, the largest...
by David Hibbins | Jan 27, 2023 | Latest Travel News
There’s nothing like a warm welcome.And these are the places in the UK where you’re most likely to get one, according to Booking.com.The travel site has analysed which places have the highest number of positively reviewed properties in relation to their...
by David Hibbins | Jan 27, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Milwaukee is not the most glamorous place to begin a cruise. It’s an unpretentious, mid-size, blue-collar city lying on the west bank of Lake Michigan, some 100 miles north of Chicago.But as a jumping-off point to explore North America’s Great Lakes, it’s just about...
by David Hibbins | Jan 27, 2023 | Latest Travel News
There’s no such thing as bad weather, they say, just bad clothing. So it was lucky my waterproofs kept me mostly dry as I hiked through a cracking storm in the beautiful countryside of Upper Teesdale.Swirls of mist clung to the hillsides and fat raindrops...
by David Hibbins | Jan 26, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Scientists frequently warn about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. But a lesser-known process called ‘degradation’ – where trees have been affected by logging, mining, fires, expansion of roads or other human activity – is just as...