No trials or tribulations at London’s Apex Temple Court Hotel
I’m a pretty confident traveller. I think nothing of tackling the bright lights of major foreign cities and feel quite at home strutting about…
Blyde River – the most spectacular canyon you’ve never heard of
I’d never even heard of the Blyde River Canyon, let alone realised it was in fact the third largest in the world, after the Grand…
Dar Amane – Graskop’s hidden heaven
Sometimes a place can bring me to tears. It’s happened on a few occasions and taken me a bit by surprise considering I’m not…
Microlighting the Blyde River Canyon
There was one experience, above all others, that I was looking forward to the most on our latest South Africa trip. It wasn’t the…
Afternoon Tea at One Aldwych – it’s not just a girl thing
More at home half way up a mountain in his waterproofs cooking boil in the bag whilst huddled over a camp stove, hubbie was…
I Rocha – an Atlas Mountains guest house
I was floating in the pool, my vision full of rocky desert peaks glowing in the sun against an achingly beautiful blue sky. If the…
A vintage day out on the Franschhoek Wine Tram
I’m getting ripened berries. I’m getting tones of dark chocolate. I’m getting flavours of mature oak. Actually I wasn’t getting anything as I had…
Ulusaba – where everybody knows your name
Ulusaba literally means ‘place of little fear’ in the local Shangaan language, and whilst this is certainly true, after our visit we like to…
Ulusaba’s BIG Five – and I’m not talking about animals
Licking the chocolate sauce from around his chops and swigging the remnants of his champagne, Hubbie scampered back to our bush vehicle and deposited…
How to survive South African self drive
Why does it always happen to us? My heart sank as the traffic policeman pulled us over whilst we attempted to negotiate our way out…
Rhino Tracking at Mkhaya Game Reserve in Swaziland
We spent the last moments of day hunkered down in bed, watching some incredibly cute bush babies cavorting in the nearby trees. A special moment…
A luxury weekend at Yorkshire’s Crab and Lobster
Hubbie and I don’t do Valentines Day as we’re quite capable of expressing our affection for one another on our own terms, without having…