Tag: UK travel

Travel News & Books: One local tells the Inspector that The Bell has revived Ticehurst. ‘I can believe it,’ he writes, awarding it four stars out of five. Read on for more about his visit… The original story: Daily Mail: The Inspector calls at The Bell in Ticehurs   What To Do in UK United… Continue reading UK travel: The Inspector calls at The Bell in Ticehurs

Travel News & Books: Raise your philanthropic profile and check in at one of these places to stay, from London’s Good Hotel to The Royal Maritime Hotel & Club in Portsmouth… The original story: Daily Mail: Check in and help out: A guide to UK hotels and guest houses that fund good causes What To Do… Continue reading UK travel: Check in and help out: A guide to UK hotels and guest houses that fund good causes

Travel News & Books: Following in the footsteps of the mass trespassers who battled their way up Kinder Scout in 1932 – then raising a pint to them in the friendly local The original story: The Guardian Travel: A great walk to a great pub: the Pack Horse, Hayfield, Peak District What To Do in… Continue reading UK travel: A great walk to a great pub: the Pack Horse, Hayfield, Peak District

Travel News & Books: Our writer joins a hill fort expert in North Yorkshire and finds himself inspired to investigate further. Plus five more UK earthworks sites The original story: The Guardian Travel: Fort for the day: Britain’s ancient hilltop camps are waiting to be explored What To Do in UK United Kingdom? Hotel Reservation… Continue reading UK travel: Fort for the day: Britain’s ancient hilltop camps are waiting to be explored

Travel News & Books: Make the most of the February half-term – whether it’s cultural attractions or the great outdoors that appeals The original story: The Guardian Travel: Skiing, chocolate factories, llama walking… half-term has adventures for all tastes What To Do in UK United Kingdom? Hotel Reservation in UK Use this metasearch engine to… Continue reading UK travel: Skiing, chocolate factories, llama walking… half-term has adventures for all tastes

Travel News & Books: Wonderful places to celebrate the night sky, plus charming hotels to stay in The original story: The Guardian Travel: Top 10 UK Dark Skies festivals and stargazing destinations What To Do in UK United Kingdom? Hotel Reservation in UK Use this metasearch engine to search hundreds of travel sites at once… Continue reading UK travel: Top 10 UK Dark Skies festivals and stargazing destinations

Travel News & Books: The Inspector checks into The Lost Poet, which is at the posh end of London’s Portobello Road in a row of ‘magnificent’ Georgian townhouses. He loves the exclusive feel inside… The original story: Daily Mail: Fan of the Notting Hill movie? Then you’ll love this hotel which is on the area’s… Continue reading UK travel: Fan of the Notting Hill movie? Then you’ll love this hotel which is on the area’s Portobello Road

Travel News & Books: England’s finest vistas – so they say in these dales – await hikers in the Howardian Hills. The beer below them is decent, too The original story: The Guardian Travel: A great walk to a great pub: The Fauconberg, North Yorkshire  

Travel News & Books: From her base at Sawrey House in Near Sawrey, Deirdre Fernand explores a ‘fraction’ of the thousands of acres in the Lake District that Beatrix Potter left to the National Trust. The original story: Daily Mail: Staycation travel: Following in Beatrix Potter’s enchanting footsteps in the Lake District What To Do… Continue reading UK travel: Staycation travel – Following in Beatrix Potter’s enchanting footsteps in the Lake District