A luxury weekend in York – sights, sleeps and scoffs
The weary Roman legionaries trudged home to Eboracum one last time, their heads hung low and shoulders slumped. Tired and dishevelled after many miles…
UK Staycations
Things to do in the Scottish Borders
There are so many things to do in the Scottish Borders, it’s a wonder the area is still relatively undiscovered when it comes to…
Aikwood Tower – luxury self catering in Scotland
Twilight is when the magic happens. It’s a time when imagination merges with reality and impossibilities suddenly become distinct probabilities. You don’t have to…
Yorkshire Dales Bed and Breakfast in a Corn Mill
Yorkshire Dales bed and breakfast – spending the night in a corn mill I reluctantly clawed my way out of a deep slumber, feeling…
Gloucestershire glamping in a Warwick Knight
Gloucestershire glamping in a restored Warwick Knight caravan Chickens are truly terrifying creatures. Their sharp beaks, beady eyes and dinosaur-esque talons all seem to…
Things to do in Totnes, a quaint rural Devon idyll
It had been a day of dappled light and dragonflies. A day of strolling beside sun drenched vineyards, lazy meandering rivers and fragrant herb gardens alive…
The White Tower of Taymouth Castle – a luxury Scottish wilderness retreat
The sky burned molten red as the last remnants of day finally gave way to night above the White Tower of Taymouth Castle in Scotland….
The Wheatsheaf Inn – a stylish Cotswolds weekend
It was past midnight in the quaint Gloucestershire village of Northleach. The moon was full and doing it’s best impression of a ghostly galleon,…
Betty’s Afternoon Tea and Fountains Abbey
I could tell you that I wanted to visit Harrogate because it’s an 18th Century historic market town. I could pretend that the majestic…
Campfire fairytales at the North Star Club
The forest around the North Star Club was alive with shadows and secrets. Lights twinkled magically in the celestial kingdom far above, and the call…
Champing – sleeping in your own private church
Experiencing Champing in rural Northamptonshire I sat bolt upright in bed and forgetting for a moment that I’d gone champing, wondered where the hell…
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…
