A slightly different place to sleep for this review. Not a hotel or a cottage… but a train! I would pick travelling by train over flying any day, and I especially love a sleeper train. The UK currently has two - the Caledonian Sleeper (London Euston to Scotland) and The Night Riviera Sleeper (London ...
A FOODIE’S GUIDE TO OXFORD
Oxford’s thriving café culture and wonderful spread of independent restaurants make it a top foodie destination. Below are some of my favourites, and the places I always recommend when friends and family are heading to Oxford. The guide is divided up into restaurants (more formal, sit down meals), ...
A GUIDE TO OXFORD
In many ways Oxford reminds me of my beloved Edinburgh. It’s compact size, great independent cafes and restaurants, super photogenic architecture, and wonderful countryside right on the doorstep – but it is much quicker to get to from London! Given its proximity to the capital, Oxford makes for a ...
FAREWELL TO AN OLD FRIEND – IN MEMORY OF SYCAMORE GAP
At some point during the night of 27 September 2023, in the middle of a storm, someone hiked up to Sycamore Gap, started up a large chainsaw and cut down one the UK’s most famous and most loved trees. The Sycamore tree that stood in this natural dip in Hadrian’s Wall was over 300 years old. ...
CHECK IN: MENA HOUSE HOTEL
Sat right at the base of the Giza Pyramid Complex, Mena House (owned and managed by Marriot) is one of the oldest hotels still operating in Cairo. Originally built as a hunting lodge for the Egyptian Khedive Isma’il Pasha, it was sold to Frederick and Jessie Head in 1883 as a private residence. It ...
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