What do the Bedruthan Steps Hotel, Cornwall, Whitesands Hotel, Penzance, Upcott House, Okehampton, the Castle Hotel near Taunton and Audleys Wood Hotel near Basingstoke have in common? As well as being excellent establishments all, I’m sure, they offer another, and still extremely rare, selling point in the tourism industry. They each have charging points where… Continue reading
Easy electric car charging – coming to a garage near you in 2012
“Range Anxiety” didn’t really cut it as a buzzword for 2011, did it? Not enough stories of electric car drivers stranded miles from a charging point to confirm the still widely-held view that petrol and diesel are still the only reliable fuels to power your car. So let’s try two words that might have a… Continue reading →
Is it time tourism industry embraced conservation issues?
Do you know about the gurnard? Do you really care? Read this, and I think you might. Last week this humble fish received unexpected promotion, in esteemed company. At Visit England’s media reception in London, where the country’s national tourist board and its constituent local boards previewed the attractions for the coming year, chefs from… Continue reading →
Awaydays in Britain -Travel writer’s take on Britain’s towns and cities.
Travel writer publishes e-book on the many and varied attractions in Britain’s towns and cities. Click here. Awaydays in Britain – spoilt for choice. By Gareth Huw Davies. Published by Amazon for $.99. The work contains 29 sections, on towns, cites and a few counties mainly in England, with some entries too from Wales and Scotland…. Continue reading →
Driving down low carbon avenue
Car manufacturers aren’t required to stress the green credentials (or, more generally, the lack of them) in their adverts. So despite the consensus view among scientists that burning fossil fuels is bad for our planet (Lord Lawson, opposing views are available) copywriters don’t do much to promote the eco-friendliness of the vehicle. They have very… Continue reading →
Pagan power – church takes energy from the sun
It would be wrong to overwork the metaphor of the Church of England turning to that most pagan of symbols, the sun, rather than prayer, for salvation. It’s a neat solution nevertheless, solving the perennial problem of paying to heat a large, cavernous and extremely old building with solar power. The successful scheme to… Continue reading →