The Yorkshire Wolds is classic hidden-away England. East of York, south of Scarborough, north of Hull, it’s a back of beyond place most of us never go near, and if we do it’s generally only to dash past on the way to somewhere else. Or it was until ‘A Bigger Picture’, the exuberant 2012 David… Continue reading
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Whever you travel – the six feet of separation animal even Attenborough hates
The great broadcaster and traveller Sir David Attenborough confesses to a strong dislike of one creature out of millions. I think we all know it. The subject of this article, so we are told, is never more than a few feet away from any of us. (This is an extract from my new e-book, David… Continue reading →
Sir David Attenborough visits Easter Island
In 1999 Sir David Attenborough visited Easter Island, but not for the obvious reasons of observing wildlife. The film he completed there was The Lost Gods of Easter Island, shown in 2000. I was fortunate enough to join him on the most remote inhabited island on earth. I write about that visit, based on my… Continue reading →
Sorting out the weakest link in holiday travel.
Our preferred way to travel on from the airport to our hotel is by chauffeur-driven Bentley. Well, isn’t it yours? BMWs, unless they are top of the range, are so last year, don’t you think? Seriously though, the best you can hope for if you’re looking for ultra-reliable transfer is a nice new rail… Continue reading →
African safari camps switch to solar power
To switch an entire tourist operation over to solar energy in one go is quite an achievement. But Wilderness Safaris are beginning to make a habit of it. This spring Mombo camp in Botswana became the latest in the company’s portfolio to become entirely solar powered. Wilderness invested US $860 000 in replacing diesel-powered generators… Continue reading →
A modern master returns to his roots – Hockney’s Yorkshire Wolds
Before our very eyes an exhibition of hundreds of paintings of trees and lanes and hills and grassy banks, set in a serene, wide-open, empty corner of England not many of us know well, is becoming one of the cultural triumphs of our times. The organisers of the Royal Academy’s David Hockney exhibition, A Bigger… Continue reading →