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There’s one thing about living in London that I’d change: the total lack of coastline. Whether it’s a sunny day that’s made for sandcastle building or a clear blue winter day for walking by the waves, when the craving comes…
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affiliate links* One shiny wet nose… Two big furry ears… Two big goggly eyes… It’s a… day out on an Isle of Wight bear hunt! Last time we visited the island, we were hunting for ferocious creatures (and found a…
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The year is 1900. Queen Victoria has been on the throne for 63 years, the Boer War is raging and candlemakers are still using arsenic to colour their creations green. On the plus side, sweets cost fourpence a quarter. As we…
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Your child can be old enough to join the Army, to travel to foreign lands… and yet they’ll still write home asking for more pants. Or so it seems, based on the affectionate letter from one Roman legionary to his…
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One city. Just over 48 hours. 40 Gromits (and Wallaces, and Feathers McGraw). Around 45,000 steps walked (approximately). One suspension bridge crossed. Two mummified cats, a Banksy artwork and a yellow foam pineapple sculpture spotted along the way. Heading back…
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“It’s a bear!” squealed my daughter, whose jaw had only just finished dropping at the impressive gilt decoration and plush velvet of the Apollo Theatre in the West End – invited along for the preview of the annual Kids Week…
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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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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...
