Joe Allen, the illustrious subterranean Covent Garden restaurant forced to close as its present location is being turned into a hotel, is to be recreated “brick by brick” in a new location just 40 yards away. Its distinctive features – brick arches, the tongue and groove wood panelling, the bar top, light fittings, posters of West End… Continue reading
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Borders Line benefits in Scotland’s great Scott country
There are definite signs of the economic benefits of the new Borders Railway from Edinburgh to Tweedbank, as this Guardian article outlines. It’s true that the very scenic Scottish Borders has a built-in advatange, as a fine place to set up a business and to attract staff into, more so than other places where there are campaigns to… Continue reading →
LuggageHero bag and case drop service in Copenhagen liberates visitors
LuggageHero is a brilliantly simple, and disruptive, travel idea. And easily the best I have seen, so far, this year. It’s something I’ve done many times. Turned up in a city or town and I can’t check into the hotel. Nowhere to leave my bags. Or I’m leaving on another train or plane in a few hours… Continue reading →
Go-ahead for controversial Stonehenge road tunnel
Update – February 7th, 2017. Historic England, English Heritage and the National Trust have all said that although they back the idea of a tunnel for the A303, all three are worried that the proposed western portal is too close to the Normanton Down Barrows, an important collection of tombs which are an important feature of… Continue reading →
Beating the Transcaucasian Trail, an epic trek through distant lands
There are many great walks in the world, and some of the finest travel writers have written about them. The epic trek, in the cause of exploration, commerce, pilgrimage, holy war, cultural stimulation and, latterly, recreation is as old as recorded history. Eric Newby took his A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush in 1956,… Continue reading →
Peak District tourism website relaunched
I intend to revisit the Peak District and Derbyshire. I know the area well, from many forays there. But there is a crisp, clear and energetic new website tempting me back. Promoting a destination through a website has been obligatory for some time, if the place wants to attract today’s web-savvy travellers. But now we… Continue reading →