Home in Time for Tea

As usual, we planned this summer's road trip holiday around a naturally beautiful, beachy destination; this time, Corsica. Beaches, mountain walks, and eating local food were the main items on the agenda. It worked out cheaper to take our Corsica ferries to and from different cities, so we got a nice varied road trip with a totally different route home. We mainly travelled for around 3 hours a day on the journey to and from Corsica. We broke it down each day, stopping for lunch and walks (and shopping) in appealing places.   Klowski and I started with a pleasant little day in Cambridge whilst Richard finished work, then we left from there for Dover. This set the tone for the rest of the trip, not least Klowski's thoughts about where we were at various points ('Cambridge' for at least 80% of the time apparently). Rouen & Le Mans On the way to Le Mans, we stopped in Rouen to eat quiche on the steps outside the magnificent cathedral, and I bored Richard with s...

Road-Trip to Amalfi Through France, Switzerland & Italy If there is one thing that makes a road trip worthwhile, it is most definitely the  freedom to go where the wind takes you, and I mean that metaphorically, because another major draw to the road trip holiday is that you can actually escape bad weather like wind. Rain also - and we did. Our choice to book just our first hotel in advance, and no others until we were there meant that we could leave early, stay late, and simply do as we pleased until we had to get the ferry home to the UK! Beaune, France Our first stop was brief but extremely pretty. Beaune's passion for everything wine is wonderfully expressed in the Musee du Vin de Bourgogne with everything from antiquated tools and ancient wine bottles through the ages, to detailed information on tasting and wine production in Burgundy. Beautiful wine boutiques and surrounding vineyards also make Beaune a fantastic wine-lovers' destina...

The beauty of walking and hiking is the freedom and the distinct lack of cost. Read on for a selection of especially beautiful places around the world for unique and notoriously abundant walking and hiking opportunities, where some of the best sights can only be properly appreciated on foot, whether with walking boots or flip-flops... Walking and Hiking in Corsica The narrow winding roads of Corsica are overloaded with all sorts of vehicles in summer, including the customary enormous camper-vans clogging up even the most minor of roads. Hiking and walking is a far more peaceful way to enjoy the scenery and many of the walks afford views only visible when traveling on foot. The GR20 This is a serious hikers' paradise. Stretching the length of the enormous island, hikers take days on end to complete this fantastic route through the dramatic mountainous landscape, often camping along the way. Less serious options for hiking and walking are also possible all over the...