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My daughter looked aggrieved. But why couldn’t we have a wallaby as a pet, she wanted to know? And a lemur. And a meerkat. And ideally a couple of penguins. We had been to zoos before, but the Peak Wildlife…
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Taking a plane these days is a long way from the golden days of flight – endless luggage restrictions, even more security restrictions, overpriced prepacked sandwiches once you finally get on board… Who wouldn’t want to add a little indulgence…
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Castles belong in history, I think we can all agree. A time of knights and ladies in pointy hats (and possibly dragons). So the thought of a working castle is still something which fascinates me – especially in Windsor’s case,…
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affiliate links* “It is easier to do nothing by the sea than anywhere else.” Or so the quotation* goes. I know I could happily while away hours listening to the crash of the surf, paddling in the breakers as the…
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affiliate links* Walk down any street in London and the echoes of the city’s past are all around. With a settlement along the Thames for well over 2,000 years, the Roman settlement of Londinium has left its traces in the…
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It’s no secret that travel is an education – but you don’t even need to leave the country for a trip that answers questions you’d never thought of asking before. Or so I discovered on a weekend in Bristol. It’s…
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The biggest problem about a trip to London is narrowing down what you want to do – with its fantastic range of family attractions, as well as new options opening all the time, there’s never enough time to fit in…
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Dr Johnson knew what he was talking about. There is simply so much to see and do in an ever-changing London, that I doubt a lifetime is enough to get bored of it. It might not be perfect (especially on…
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collaborative post/affiliate links* She sells sea shells on the sea shore – and 200 years on, you can still walk on that very beach and search for the sea’s treasures yourself. Because the tongue twister has its own fascinating history,…
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I’m Cathy, an award-winning travel-obsessed writer who’s never knowingly underpacked.
I’m also mum to the mini traveller – aka five-year-old Minnie* – and trying to work out how to cling on to normal life by my fingernails. Don't tell me it's not possible...
