Travel News

• Take a walk on the wild side – of Wales
  Wales, in my experience, is a principality that lends itself to travel in an east-west direction: the main road and rail corridors slice from the English border to the Irish Sea, following the lines of least resistance. From the point of view of an outdoor challenge, then, it follows that a north-south journey is likely to be more challenging and, in the vi […]
• Méribel: A very British ski resort
  To the majority of British visitors, Méribel feels like a winter extension to the Home Counties. First earmarked as a skiing destination in 1938 by a British colonel called Peter Lindsay – who was looking for an alternative to the Austrian resorts the British usually frequented – today the Ski Club of Great Britain claims Méribel as one of the top fiv […]
• Strikes cause travel headache for BA passengers
  Passengers booked to fly with British Airways on this month's strike days will have to go through the small print of their insurance policies and navigate around the BA website to find out just what effect the dispute will have on their travel plans.