by David Hibbins | Jul 13, 2024 | Latest Travel News
Last weekend, angry Barcelona locals marched on the streets in a protest about over-tourism in the Spanish city.Holidaymakers dining al fresco were sprayed with water guns and told that ‘balconing’ – the sometimes fatal act of jumping from one...
by David Hibbins | Jul 13, 2024 | Latest Travel News
A travel expert has shared a train hack that she says can help you get a seat when boarding a busy train – even if you don’t have a seat reservation.Chelsea Dickenson, who posts advice on her website cheapholidayexpert.co.uk, shared a video on TikTok...
by David Hibbins | Jul 13, 2024 | Latest Travel News
Barbados is a paradise for holidaymakers – and, it turns out, a paradise to live in, too.As British expat Julian Armfield discovered when he gave up his life in Berkshire after marrying a Bajan over 20 years ago and settling with her on the Caribbean island.He tells...
by David Hibbins | Jul 12, 2024 | Latest Travel News
Europe’s largest wave pool and what’s billed as ‘the world’s first inland surfing resort’ is opening this autumn – and it’s certain to make a big splash among surfers.Located near Edinburgh, Lost Shore Surf Resort will also be...
by David Hibbins | Jul 12, 2024 | Latest Travel News
To be or not to be a pushy parent. That is the question, or one of them at least, that faces anyone who embarks on the epic project of having children – and, when it comes to Shakespeare, I am nothing if not pushy.My son Nicholas, who is ten, had iambic...
by David Hibbins | Jul 12, 2024 | Latest Travel News
In the early 19th Century, the Scottish traveller Patrick Brydone was weighing up how to get to Sicily from the Italian mainland.He could sail down the coast to Messina – or travel on land through Calabria. He chose the boat – and wrote to a friend: ‘The danger...
