We’ve been using a pre-paid , or “front-loaded”, currency card (it’s a Caxton MasterCard) for over a year now, and found it very convenient. However we recently encountered a problem when using it in hotels. A brief explanation for people unfamiliar with this type of card. Prepaid currency cards are ideal if you want to… Continue reading
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Could passengers make more use of cabin baggage?
This isn’t meant to sound superior, and how can when it’s about doing less – as in we are actually taking less with us? But I, and the immediate family, generally only fly with cabin baggage these days. And that applies to at least some long-haul trips as well For a holiday of several weeks… Continue reading →
24 hour pedigree of an overlooked French city
Le Mans is synonymous with the annual motorsport marathon, the Le Mans 24 Hours, the “Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency”. But the city is more than a long weekend destination for petrolheads. Le Mans is now an easy short break trip by train from London St Pancras. In 2010 I spent a day in one… Continue reading →
Pub with no sign now has a big name
It’s a fine honour for the No Sign Wine Bar in Swansea to be chosen by Visit Britain as one of its top ten ‘destination bars’ in Britain (Visit Britain super blog) “For when a pint in a local pub just isn’t enough…these places are attractions in their own right either for their sense of… Continue reading →
“Rome wasn't built in a day" Channel 4 villa open to public
The 2010 vintage Roman villa built at Wroxeter Roman City in Shropshire, whose construction was featured in Channel 4‘s ‘Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day’ TV series, is now open to the public. A team of seven builders mastered traditional Roman methods to construct the villa, largely by hand, to a ferocious six months deadline…. Continue reading →
Chart-topping walk on London's doorstep
How do you measure Britain’s most popular walks? Footpaths may look busy, but it’s very difficult to count how many people are using them. And who’s to say it isn’t the same local people taking a turn every day of the year, which would certainly build up the numbers? Truth is, the countryside is not… Continue reading →