Dodgy meet-and-greet airport parking firms exposed: In covert Which? probe using GPS trackers companies stole cash, broke speed limits, left cars filthy – and dumped one in a GARDEN

by David Hibbins | Sep 27, 2024 | Latest Travel News

An undercover investigation by Which? using GPS trackers has exposed ‘dodgy’ meet-and-greet parking firms operating at London airports.Their unscrupulous behaviour included ‘treating vehicles and personal property with contempt – stealing...

Smashing pumpkin! Twins’ monster veg weighing 188 stone sets new British record after they had to use a crane to get it to country show

by David Hibbins | Sep 27, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Two twin brothers have smashed a British record after growing a monster pumpkin that weighs more than a tonne and is so big that it needs a crane to lift it onto scales at a county show.Ian and Stuart Paton, 63, spent three hours a day for three months cultivating the...

My incredible September stay on the Amalfi Coast – when tourists don’t clog the streets… and temperatures are in the mid-twenties

by David Hibbins | Sep 27, 2024 | Latest Travel News

After visiting the Amalfi Coast in 1953, John Steinbeck wrote: ‘Nearly always when you find a place as beautiful as Positano… your impulse is to conceal it.’The American writer felt confident enough to share his discovery, writing in Harper’s Bazaar that the...

Man who paid over $6K for first-class ticket on 15-hour flight left furious after being forced to ‘rawdog’ in filthy seat

by David Hibbins | Sep 26, 2024 | Latest Travel News

A man who forked over more than $6,000 for a first class ticket on a 15-hour flight has been left furious over the ‘mildewed’ and ‘ripped’ seat, and ‘broken’ entertainment system.Anip Patel, 34, a Chicago-based CEO of an investment...

Is silence golden? I stayed at a Buddhist retreat in Devon where alcohol, talking and even READING is banned. This is what it’s like…

by David Hibbins | Sep 26, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Will I be able to quit talking for four days and find inner peace? No phone, no reading, no writing and certainly no alcohol – such are the strict rules on this Buddhist retreat at Gaia House in south Devon.A friend had recommended arriving promptly to avoid being...

A journey of discovery along the Silk Road: This extraordinary part of the world is the subject of a new British Museum exhibition – but nothing beats seeing it yourself

by David Hibbins | Sep 26, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Hunt master Ruslan sits astride his horse on top of the craggy mountain, with golden eagle Kara-Barachyn perched on his wrist.He lifts his arm and the bird takes wing in search of prey, her cruel talons ready to spear whatever it can find to the ground.This scene has...