The Kennedy Space Center is situated on Florida's Space Coast on Merritt Island on the Atlantic coast of Florida. The Space Center is 60 miles east of Orlando and well worth a trip. Check launch dates in case of disruption to travel in the area. Merritt Island...
Venice, a city of extremes of wealth and vistas. A city with an amazing history, built on wealth as a trading centre point with Asia for hundreds of years. According to tradition Venice was founded in 421 AD. At first Venice was ruled by the Byzantine Empire also...
A packhorse bridge in Allerford, Exmoor For 40 years Exmoor has been my home from home and wherever I have travelled to globally, Exmoor was always in my heart. From the the first time on a trip to the West Country and by chance driving through the pretty village of...
Covid-19 is causing much uncertainty and chaos at the present time. Always make sure that your travel insurance covers all of the possibilities and that you understand any coverage limitations. In view of changing quarantine requirements with different countries make...
Turquoise waters at Luskentyre Beach - Isle of Harris Bleak, beautiful and desolate - I first visited the Outer Hebrides more than 50 years ago. I had been travelling around the north coast and then down the west coast of Scotland with my brother attempting to find...
The Annapurna mountain range reflecting on Phewa Lake in Pokhara Visiting Nepal was surreal, from the towering mountains to the friendly people, to the abject poverty found throughout the city of Kathmandu and beyond. When I was there I was taken aback at the piles of...
Maroon Bells, Aspen Aspen trees in the Autumn near Aspen Aspen, situated in the Colorado Rocky Mountains is a playground for the rich and famous but also a beautiful destination for ordinary folk in the summer months. Accommodation in Aspen itself is fairly pricey,...
Florida, the State with an average of 237 days of sunshine per year attracts tourists from all over the world, primarily those from Northern Europe and Snow Birds from the inclement winter weather of the Northern US States, those lucky enough to be out of Florida for...
Glacier Bay Glacier Bay National Park full of rugged mountains, amazing glaciers, temperate rainforests and deep sheltered fjords covers 3.3 million acres of desolation, occupied by a wide range of wildlife. Glacier Bay is the highlight of Alaska's Inside passage and...
A typical Maldive beach The Maldives, which is officially the Republic of Maldives is a small island nation situated in the Arabian Sea of the Indian Ocean. The Maldives are at risk from rising sea levels and consist of a territory of 115 sq. miles (298 sq. kms) with...
