If you’ve grown up in the Midlands, as I did, canals are less “romantic waterways” and more “shortcut to the chippy if the towpath isn’t flooded”. It’s only in the…
Living with the wind is the price of admission for slow travel Orkney Islands style. You don’t really “visit” these islands so much as let them wear you down gently,…
If slow travel Shropshire had a slogan, it would probably be: “We’ll get there when we get there — have you packed the biscuits?” This is not a county that…
I grew up just over the border in Shropshire, so Wales was always “over there” – the place with better rugby and worse road signs. These days, when people ask…
I like Liverpool best when I’m nowhere near a Beatles tribute act. Nothing against them – I’ve hummed along to Hey Jude with the rest of the hen parties –…
If your idea of Norfolk is queues for the car park at Wells and dodging ice creams on Cromer pier, I’ve got good news. There’s another side to the county…
If you’re looking for things to do in Yorkshire beyond the moors, you very quickly realise the county doesn’t stop at heather and windswept sheep. Follow the roads east and…
I grew up in landlocked Shropshire, where “the seaside” meant a three-hour drive and a bag of sand in your shoes for a week. So the first time I drove…
If you’re planning a Scottish Highlands road trip and your main reference point is the A9, I have good news: it gets a lot better once you leave it. The…
When I first heard about Whitby, I must admit I thought it was one of those overly hyped seaside towns that promise the world but deliver a soggy sandwich. But…
